@@compoundmate4113 *Correct people Edit: So people stop spamming me with comments insulting me and not acknowledging the issue at all, I want to say that you can still enjoy media knowing the creator made a mistake. He has owned up to it, and admitted it was wrong, and you can still enjoy his work. Denying that it's racist furthers the problem, and if you truly don't believe it is, you can read his response to it. Now stop spamming my goddamn inbox. Edit 2: STOP SPAMMING MY GODDAMN INBOX AND READ THE CREATOR'S RESPONSE
the sun dudes have changed a lot, they used to be humanoid, and i dont care what anyone says, theyre way better now, much cooler visually and better fitting in minecrafts aesthetic and artstyle
They look cooler but they definitely don't fit better with Minecraft's aesthetics. No mob glows like that, not even the blaze nor are any that thin while the previous incarnations are deformed humanoids kind of like Endermen. As for the artstyle, neither fit well since they are too detailed. The older Bakora fit even better if you believe they are caricatures of African pygmies since villagers are just Jewish stereotypes (big nose, greedy, protected by a golem). But yeah in general the only real loss here is the chief since he looked really cool.
the baby foliath is so cuuuute!! I really appreciate that the ferrous wroughtnaut has combat more suited for the minecraft players movement, some mods have enemies/bosses that are like... too cool/elaborate, for lack of better wording?
I am looking forward to when they become accessible because having earthbending powers forever rather then it being a time limit thing like the sun blessing makes it significantly more valueble.
I like the change from humanoids to birds. Though I wasn't a fan of the red to green change, this one is more creative than a mere tribe of mask bearers, since birds are underappreciated in fiction as fighters IMO and these birds having a ball of light instead of a solid face makes them wearing masks to stand out and look different from each other have more meaning.
I HHHAAAATTTTEEEE them. Especially in modpacks that severely reduce your fighting capabilities. My brother and I recently tried out Unions modpack that's like RLCraft and Dawncraft on steroids and on our first night we got slapped with a blood moon which left 4 level 98 Nagas flying around outside our house, constantly shooting us dead in a single hit and keeping us locked indoors for hours until we gave in and used cheats to kill them. After that we just gave up because literally everything 1 shot us and since stuff scales by the day as well as with your difficulty, you can't afford to take things slow and cautiously. By the time you reach day 5 stuff over level 100 starts to spawn and tear through you like nothing. You practically HAVE to be a speedrunner in order to play that modpack and know the optimal way to do literally everything and min-max yourself to hell and back in less than an hour or you're softlocked with uber-powerful enemies sniping you every 12 seconds.
@@RetroMagnus761 Even then they're still a pain in the ass because you can't shoot them, they just dodge out of the way. The only way to damage them is to hit them with a melee attack or get them to crash into a shield or something, or somehow get it to dive bomb right into a trapped room or something. I get that it's unique and everything, but come on! A flying mob immune to arrows? Really?
I disagree. Aggressive, cult-like, comical, stylized, tribal goblinoids fits in so much better with Minecraft's aesthetics and nature rather than generic obese birdmen who look like weird ripoff pokemon species
Okay I was going to write how I feel if mojang put something similar into the game they’d be more like birds and not humanoids because mojang doesn’t put many human looking creatures and they’d most likely put some humanoid animal but then I realized that piglins exist and then I realized mojang literally just took the mechanics of the Umvuthanas/barakoa and put them in the piglins. They both only won’t attack you if you’re wearing something that they commonly wear, they have trading systems where you can get things no one else has. They both hunt. They both have structures. They commonly live in with a variant that’s much stronger and a type of leader!
kinda sad barako the sun chief is gone, i always thought of him like a mayan god or something i was gonna take down, the birds are cool but was hoping they were something new not just a replacement
Yeah, but the dev team had a good reason to change it. While they hadn't intended for it to be racist, it had features which can be considered stereotypical interpretations of African and Native American tribes. It was brought attention to people when some streamers were playing with the mod and said some racist stuff about it. The creator talked with the community and decided to change it.
theyre cool designs but they don’t fit as well as the old ones. feels weird having bird enemies who can’t fly. Maybe if they were modeled after flightless birds like peacocks it’d be better.
4:48 Honestly, I can't look at Grottol without imagining he's some kind of blind crab golem with a punk hairdo and a little forward-facing jaw with his troll teeth. It was only at the end that I discovered that the yellow part was actually his face.
Man this looks so good! I wish this was official. It feels so unique but still retain the vanilla feel to it without making the content feel overabundant with rules that don't line up with vanilla. Good job to the modders!
Wait wait wait, I'm onto something. The Naga has the attacks of the areocuda from the legend of Zelda Tears of the kingdom and looks similar because of bodybuild. Cool thing that I noticed
The barakoa were my favorite part of this mod and i’m a little disappointed they were replaced, but i understand why. The new models are definitely just as cool though
Honestly, reasons for why they turned into birds aside, I don’t actually MIND the change entirely, I think they kinda look neat, and even have their own different charm being birds
Idk what people are yappin about these birds ARE SICK!! They're more intimidating, and humanoids never quite fit in the Aesthetic of minecraft if they weren't villagers. It just generally looks more nicer!
It would be cool if they elude classification like the sniffer: they have feathery bodies but also hooves and they wear masks. their old chattering would return but with underlying shoebill clicking. It appeases people in both the bird camp and the mask camp
a thing i should add is: the boulders from the geomancy are plataforms too, if something stands over it, it will move(buged, but move) with the boulder, but the bigger the boulder, the buggier it is
@@ghastlyweather1750not really. Hes stated he changed it multiple times due to death threaths he got and being called a racist. This was before the Qsmp thing. So no. It was overly sensitive people who made him chance the design.
If you genuinely think the barako and barakoa are "racist" because they use tribal asethetics that says more about you than the barakoa or the creator of the mod itself.
I don't understand the argument for the barakoas being racist. Their designs and inspiration have nothing to do with any depictions of African tribes or their cultures. The barakoas are just goblinoid creatures that are located in a tribal setting, it's not fair to immediately assume that they are meant to be representations of Africans. Just because they may vaguely resemble something that might appear to be a stereotype doesn't mean they themselves are meant to perpetuate or represent said stereotype. By that logic characters like knuckles the echidna from the sonic the hedgehog series should also be classified as racist since his character design has dreads that are reminiscent of a black person, furthermore knuckles is the last of his kind who were a tribe of indigenous echidnas that were located on a remote island that possesed weapons such as spears and dressed up as what you would perceive stereotypical African tribes to look like (facial paint, gold necklaces, tiki/ caveman esque attires, feathered clothing, Pygmy skin tones, ect ect). Should we throw that character, his people, and by extension many other characters across fiction away simply because they will offend a small minority of people online who don't even know anything about the backgrounds of said characters? Any sane person would automatically say no. Obviously everyone is entitled to their own opinions when it comes to this kind of stuff but it's clear as day that when you look at this situation through more objective lenses, the arguments for the barako and barakoas resembling any racial connotations lacks any real critical thought and falls apart once you start to assess them for what they truly are, which is just weirdos online getting offended over nothing.
They aren't supposed to look like any human culture. They are supposed to resemble what are essentially Zulu goblins. But because a couple of streamers correlated their designs with natives and subsequently made insensitive jokes, Bob decided to redo them into something no racist would ever link to humans. It's why we can't have nice things. I will also note that that the reason Mowzie changed their skin tone from red-pink to olive was because the old colour matched a racist stereotype of native Americans.
@@gabrielherasterol9214 the whole "no racist would ever relate to humans" thing isn't entirely true because the Abavuthana have a lot of direct similarities with the Aztecs
@@ashuraomega1000 Those similarities are relatively subtle, as least when compared to the Barakoa. If something is well-versed enough in Aztec culture, chances are they do not vilify it, but rather appreciate it.
I get art is subjective and all, but I will NEVER understand how people saw the comical, stylized, and goblinoid designs of the barakoas as "racist". It's also baffling how little people can't recognize the clear difference between mythological inspired creatures and racial stereotypes. Like some of these people really need to be educated on racism if they think living masks posing as goblins in a tribal setting "represents" any racist stereotypes.
Oh man, same, just how I never understood how people thought a creature design of a squat, pitch black humanoid with bright red lips and huge puffy hair was racist when it's clearly inspired by east asian demons. Makes absolutely no sense to me. I'm being sarcastic, a mythological origin doesn't change symbols of hate that have been used for centuries. Fat red men with huge piercings that live in tribes and speak gibberish is offensive, the intent doesn't change that. Mowsie did the right thing by changing it of his own volition, and he enjoys the new design better anyway.
It’s not that anyone inherently viewed them as racist, but some RU-vidrs in Europe began making racist remarks about the Barakoa while playing, and Mowzie didn’t want his creation to be part of it
@@WishBone-ht2mx If people think the barakoa were supposed to represent any sort of real life minority or tribe (even though they clearly weren't) then that's on them. It's not the job of the creator to hold the hands of those who purposefully misinterpret their work so they can create a false narrative that justifies getting mad over nothing. Mowzie had no reason to change them but because he's so naive and self absorbed he can't see this.
Barakoa the sun chief was always a core part of mowzie's mobs but I LOVE their new change. They look cool but I will miss the sun dudes.(I know why they were replaced)
A minecraft mod idea for you which has never been made in minecraft and everyone will want : Minecraft should have controllable robots which could be modified could break blocks could move fly kill people shoot tnt fireball and could be modified with its every part (every part cn get damage differently and has to be fixed)
I dont care about the tribal people being changed, I am more concerned about how after all these years these are the still same mobs from 5 years ago or so and Mowzie never bothered to add any more while Alex is ballin' with his Mobs mod and Caves mod, adding even more content than Mojang ever will over the years.
Man I desperately want some of these mobs to drop items to tame/spawn smaller or passive versions of them. Especially the Naga, I could see a mechanic similar to an amphithere from the ice and fire mod (ofc, still with them being hostile and having an incentive to slay) where you can overpower it and then tame it
Umvuthi is cool and all but Barako is absolutely fantastic. I absolutely loved the Zelda esque nature of the Barakoa's designs, they were so comical and stylized and definitely fit the asethetics of Minecraft much better. They were all around just awesome mobs
Thinking the barakoa are racist representations of Africans is technically racist in of itself. It implies that anything that uses tribal/tiki aesthetics and designs automatically resembles black people and/or indigenous tribes as well as many racial stereotypes and connotations that surround and represent them in a negative light. It's also worth pointing out that many people have already drawn connections between the Abavuthana and the Aztecs, particularly their similar appearances and thematic attributes. If we're going by the same logic here, then the Abavuthana would be just as if not more offensive than the barakoa for directly paralleling a tribe that actually existed (and technically still does exist today due to their descendants) with monstrous and Sun based designs that could be interpreted as representations of said tribe.
That’s a bit of a stretch, considering that the bird people’s designs are meant to make them unique and non human, adding to the whimsical environment. The Barakoa were offensive because they were red skinned savages that wore very stereotypical masks. Those are VERY noticeable compared to the artistic and unique designs of the abavuthana.
To clarify, this wasn’t intentional on Mowzie’s part. But some RU-vidrs made that connection and decided “let’s be racist”. So, realizing the flaw, he took it out.
@LordCrate-du8zm the Abavuthana have the arms, legs, hats, and homes of what you would associate with indigenous tribes. The halo of the Umvuthi is even similar to the feathered hats that many tribes still wear today. They are very clearly humanoid based tribesmen. Furthermore, the Abavuthana are intelligent enough to build villages and form tribal societies with leaders who they can worship, the same leaders are also capable of trading with the player. The Abavuthana are clearly their own people with enough intelligence to be considered sapient. Even if birds aren't "people" there's no denying that the similarities are there. The Abavuthana have all of the same traits that the barakoa have with the only exceptions being their designs. The Abavuthana are also depicted as non humans which (out of context) could potentially be seen as an attempt at dehumanizing the Aztecs with monstrous designs and attributes. When you look at the facts, the Abavuthana have all the same problems the barakoa were accused of having by tenfold, and it's completely hypocritical to call the barakoa offensive and then turn around and make an exception for the Abavuthana.
@@LordCrate-du8zm the Abavuthana literally look like humans in bird costumes. They don't at all fit the whimsical environment. And the masks of the barakoa are "stereotypical"? Lmfao okay so I guess a common art that was made by the Native Americans themselves is offensive to their own culture 🤦🏾♂️. The Abavuthana's masks are also very similar to the masks that were made and worn by indeginous tribes in the early days as well but I don't see you bringing that up.
@@RetroMagnus761 No? They don’t look like humans in bird costumes, what drugs are you on and where can I get them. They have freaking miniature suns instead of faces, and their arms are way too long (and their legs are too short, as well as the wrong shape) to be purely humanoid. Also, they don’t look like stereotypical tiki masks. The difference between the Ambuvathana and the Barakoa is that one is far more fantastical and the other is basically constructed of stereotypes. Again, unintentionally. At worst, you can say the Ambuvathana are artistically meant to demonize cultures using bird monsters in their place. Granted; that’s a very flawed argument as they share NOTHING in common with those cultures aside from “mask and sun god”, but okay. The Barakoa meanwhile, can be described at best as unintentionally very racist. Red-skinned savage tribesmen wearing tiki masks who use spears and blowguns is VERY offensive, and if you compare any caricature of a Native American or African tribesman from the early to mid 20th century you’ll find a lot in common. I understand history bro. Do you?
I have been waiting for this forever but I am a little sad they didn’t add at least 1 more mob like it would be so cool if there was a golem from lord of the rings type mob here that held a special item
I liked the old chief and his tribe much better. I don’t understand why they replaced it with this incomprehensible bird. And the author apparently is not going to add any new mobs.
Saying the barakoa are "racist" is like saying villagers are racist since they slightly resemble bad caricatures of jewish people with their abnormally large noses. Are we gonna remove them from the game too and blast Mojang on Twitter for using "racist stereotypes"?
@@QuinnMillard-jv3rithey weren't though, you're secretly racist for assuming that a fictional creature with tribal aesthetics is racist because they vaguely have similar characteristics of a real tribe.
Imagine playing multiplayer with / commands. You're minding your business, and then suddenly someone shoots out of the ground and throws a massive boulder at you.
I hope that maybe they can add the barrako tribe as a rare encounter or maybe a reference to the sun chief, as cool as the redesigns are I kindoff miss them ngl
@@averageperson5773 I don’t think it was really Twitter, I know many friends who played mowzies mobs without any problem with the barakoa. Mowzies didn’t like the remarks RU-vidrs would make relating the barakoa to native Americans.
@@averageperson5773I think it would be more fair to say that concerns were raised, especially with racist jokes floating around the old ones. Makes sense to revamp them completely when they were do for it anyways
If the barako and barakoa are "racist" because they use tribal asethetics then the Umvuthi and Abavuthana are just as if not more racist due to their direct design and thematic similarities to the real life tribe known as the Aztecs Edit: the Abavuthana have the arms, legs, hats, and homes of what you would associate with indigenous tribes. The halo of the Umvuthi is even similar to the feathered hats that many tribes still wear today. They are very clearly humanoid based tribesmen. Furthermore, the Abavuthana are intelligent enough to build villages and form tribal societies with leaders who they can worship, the same leaders are also capable of trading with the player. The Abavuthana are clearly their own people with enough intelligence to be considered sapient. Even if birds aren't "people" there's no denying that the similarities are there. The Abavuthana have all of the same traits that the barakoa have with the only exceptions being their designs. The Abavuthana are also depicted as non humans which (out of context) could potentially be seen as an attempt at dehumanizing the Aztecs with monstrous designs and attributes. When you look at the facts, the Abavuthana have all the same problems the barakoa were accused of having by tenfold, and it's completely hypocritical to call the barakoa offensive and then turn around and make an exception for the Abavuthana.
The Abavuthana do not look even remotely human. Despite Mowzie's best efforts, the Barakoa did. Besides, when most people think of the Aztecs, they imagine the Teocalli. (The flat, stone pyramid).
oh cool, a mowzie's mobs showcase for 1.20.1, i'm sure the comments will be full of people who are fully informed on the reasons behind the new mobs and discuss their opinions on the change in good faith! because surely there are no subsets of the fanbase of a game originally thought up by a man who turned out to be an obsessive hateful bigot that don't mind that sort of behaviour, and for some backwards reason think that avoiding common artistic design niches that were originally founded on racist caricatures is in any way not a normal and rational decision for a person to make. surely.
The concept of goblins originated in the 14th century by Britain, Germanic, and European mythology. Long before the natives and Africans had been discovered and transported to the new world of America. The very first tales and descriptions of goblins and their societies were tribal in nature with them having their own enclosed groups, owning small villages, forming relations with kings and leaders who they can worship, having common cultures, sharing a universal language ect. All of this was long before the prejudice against African Americans started taking place. Saying that goblins and tribal aesthetics were the foundation of "racist caricatures" is just objectively wrong because the statement is simply not historically true. And even if you want to argue that they resemble African tribes too much and are thus "culturally insensitive": you have to remember that the arts and designs of short, tribal, goblinoid mythical creatures/aesthetics were created and pushed by THE NATIVES THEMSELVES. A lot of the tribal and indeginous art and aesthetics that many sections of media use today originated from native American folklore and culture, they were not the creations of bad people in an attempt to spread prejudice towards anyone of African American origin because the Africans themselves made those concepts.
Mods have a hell of a lot more freedom than Mojang does. Mojang has to consider the entire minecraft community when they make updates, not just a small part like Mods do. Adding features that change core gameplay mechanics can alienate people very, very quickly, and those people are forced to either suck it up or never play any new versions of the game ever again. In the case of this mod, the changes to the combat system are incredibly extreme, particularly for PVP. While Mojang has historically been... less than attentive toward that side of the community, they know enough to know that giant sun lasers and BS freeze mechanics are far too big of a change to force upon them against their will.
@@twobladedswordsandmauls2120This is such a cop out excuse. Go ahead and apply this logic to literally any other game and see how assinine it is. Stop excusing Mojang's laziness.
@@matheuswesley7138 No, it literally is an excuse. Like I said, apply this logic to any other game and you will see that it's horse manure. But for some reason Minecraft fandom has been brainwashed into not knowing how game development works and thinking Mojang's low effort is somehow hard work.
Nooooooooo! My favorite part of the mod is now birds?! What?! OMG! I was so excited when i thought they were something new, but now i kinda hate them... 😭
It pisses me off to no end that we lost the barako and barakoa for generic birdmen simply because of a few idiots on Twitter who don't even know what the definition of racism is.
What can you even say about this situation? I respect Mowzie's attempt at integrity but i think it's a tad bit silly that he prioritized the complaints of a few simpletons (both on twitter and from other backgrounds) over the say of the people who actually engage with and consume his product ("product" in this case being the mod). I'll respect Mowzie's decision but i can't really respect the reasoning for why said decision was made in the first place which fundamentally lacks much critcal thinking as a perspective.
Guys we should all spam and message the creator of mowzies mobs bib mowzie and beg him to give us the ability to shoot a giant ice cannon ball for the ice crystal just like the frostmaw can
The change of the Barakos is not convincing, just because some crybabies say that it is racist and they were not even from that country or that culture, but in my opinion it was better to plan 2 types of solar races, the Barakos and the Birds, If they met they would have a conflict but it's really a shame and shit that things have to be changed so that others don't cry, when they have nothing to do with the country and culture
Love your videos bro! Btw... Bro, could you possibly help me (or anyone). Idk if you have seen/tried a mod where you can see what you have equipped while you're seeing what's inside a chest. Essentially you can see in your inventory your armor, when you open a chest or you're in the crafting table. Can someone please help me with the mod's name?
They replaced him with the bird god, frankly a god thing, I hated how the packs would skirmish with blow darts, you basically had to always have a mask on you with how fast they spawn
Sadly the creator (mowzie) seems far too up his own ass to do that at the moment, he won't even create texture packs to restore the original barakoas for the fans.
@@RetroMagnus761 That's your viewpoint, but other people from another avenue of life would disagree. Some of those individuals are likely to associate themselves as natives, and as such take the Barakoa more personally. Do try to relate to those people and their experience.
@@gabrielherasterol9214 I'm also African and I don't have an issue with the barakoa. The people who are offended by the barakoa are only offended because they're tribal goblins which isn't okay at all.
Check out this data pack that I found that combines Tectonic and Lithosphere and Caves and Canyons; its called "Tectonic, Lithosphere, Caves & Canyons Combined!"
The most iconic part of the entire mod was removed due to a bunch of misinformed people going "YEAH THAT, THAT'S AN AFRICAN!!". I don't blame people for being mad
@@Lumberjack_king the barako and barakoa were easily the most recognizable part of the mod. Go online and you'll find tons of fan art, videos, and fan merchandise made about them
@@Lumberjack_king the barakoa were easily the most iconic part of the mod. Just one search on the internet will lead you to tons of videos, fan art, and fan merchandise made specifically for the barako and barakoa.
I'm glad they replaced the Barakoa, and how honest the developer is regarding the situation. The new designs are so much more creative, anyways Edit: Stop blowing up my notifs you racist trogolodytes
The barakoa was also creative in its own way, bird people is honestly more unique however the old designs were creative in its own right. Also anything offensive about the old designs are the things that are in your on head with your thought process.
@@JustAnAstronautPerson pretty sure bob mowzie said they were offensive wether he meant them to be or not, so i think that ends the conversation right there.Also the old designs seemed like a racist persons wet dreams, in all honesty im pretty sure he couldve just kept them green and it would have solved the issue, but the bird designs are better anyways.
If you enchant the ice crystal with mending its ability recharges faster. Unbreaking III will make it last longer. At least in version 1.12.2 that's the one I played.
