Now before I start with the actual suggestion I want to say that I know this idea seems very drastic and very (very very very) far fetched for more than a few reasons but I've had it for a while now and I thought it would be best to put it out and see what everyone thinks about it rather than keep it to myself.
Also I would suggest reading through the whole thread carefully before responding.
What is my idea?
My idea is to start up an area on the server for competitions that are based on the different games we have
Now to clarify, these games would be:
UHC, Survival Games, Skywars, Eggwars and Lucky Islands.
(and their team based counterparts)
These are the ones I'm mentioning because I think they would be the easiest to organize, other games I thought of the possibly being able to do this with were Blockwars and Minerware.
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How would this work?
These games wouldn't be a regular game you can join every day, it would be opened up every few weeks (maybe a monthly event if needs be) and there will be one game open for each gamemode.
These games wouldn't be based in the same format as what is already on the server either, the max player count that could join would be much higher than the normal (say somewhere between 100 and 250 as an example. Maybe even more players could join depending on the gamemode) and it would be on the basis of whoever joins first gets to play.
For team versions, team members will always spawn next to each other. This doesn't really apply to Skywars and Eggwars because obviously the teams already spawn together on the same island, but for games like Survival games at the moment where the podium spawning is kind of random this applies.
The maps couldn't be the regular maps either, they would have to be big enough to cater for the bigger player count and compasses would be given to every player in the game pointing to the nearest enemy to them. This way people can't hide in the map somewhere and make the games last forever.
Also these games will be spectated by 2 or 3 staff members. This means the games will be clean from hackers and glitch abusers and the chat will also be kept clean.
Players will also be able to join the game after it has started to spectate and watch but they wont be able to message the in game players.
For lag issues I don't think it will be a problem because the only thing making up this competition area would be a main lobby, a waiting lobby and then the X amount of games available for competing in which would be about 5 or 6. There won't be any other games booting up or running in the background.
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How will players know about these?
I think the best way for people to find out about these games is to put a permanent enchanted icon in the top middle row of the game menu with the date of the next event and a countdown timer for a more precise idea of how long they have to wait till the
next event.
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What will players be playing for?
Now I haven't given much thought about what exclusive things could be given for winning these events. A few things I thought about and I'll list:
- Exclusive banner for each event
- Discount off a rank/rank-up that can be used at any time.
- Some kind of animated cloak
- Some kind of win effect gadget (maybe a huge amount of different colour fireworks that you can set off in the lobby that lasts for 10 seconds)
- Maybe a podium in a hall where all the winners are put to view (like a hall of fame)
All of these are quick ideas, any other suggestions for this bit would be great.
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Why all this hassle?
I feel something to work towards will help keep people interested in the server. Players don't stick around because they mindlessly play, they play and have fun because there is always that slight bit of competition to be recognized as the best. I find after playing a game for so long you do start to lose that sense of competition and once it starts to go it disappears dramatically. I feel by hosting these they will help keep bringing back that competition and either keep people playing on this server or bring people to this server because they see them and become interested in participating.
Now I'm not saying this is the exactly what should happen, obviously there are other ways but this is just an idea i had.
Any questions or additions are welcomed and appreciated.
If you hate the idea then send all the hate you like :P
( I had a break in the middle of writing this and I do feel I missed a few things out )
Also I would suggest reading through the whole thread carefully before responding.
What is my idea?
My idea is to start up an area on the server for competitions that are based on the different games we have
Now to clarify, these games would be:
UHC, Survival Games, Skywars, Eggwars and Lucky Islands.
(and their team based counterparts)
These are the ones I'm mentioning because I think they would be the easiest to organize, other games I thought of the possibly being able to do this with were Blockwars and Minerware.
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How would this work?
These games wouldn't be a regular game you can join every day, it would be opened up every few weeks (maybe a monthly event if needs be) and there will be one game open for each gamemode.
These games wouldn't be based in the same format as what is already on the server either, the max player count that could join would be much higher than the normal (say somewhere between 100 and 250 as an example. Maybe even more players could join depending on the gamemode) and it would be on the basis of whoever joins first gets to play.
For team versions, team members will always spawn next to each other. This doesn't really apply to Skywars and Eggwars because obviously the teams already spawn together on the same island, but for games like Survival games at the moment where the podium spawning is kind of random this applies.
The maps couldn't be the regular maps either, they would have to be big enough to cater for the bigger player count and compasses would be given to every player in the game pointing to the nearest enemy to them. This way people can't hide in the map somewhere and make the games last forever.
Also these games will be spectated by 2 or 3 staff members. This means the games will be clean from hackers and glitch abusers and the chat will also be kept clean.
Players will also be able to join the game after it has started to spectate and watch but they wont be able to message the in game players.
For lag issues I don't think it will be a problem because the only thing making up this competition area would be a main lobby, a waiting lobby and then the X amount of games available for competing in which would be about 5 or 6. There won't be any other games booting up or running in the background.
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How will players know about these?
I think the best way for people to find out about these games is to put a permanent enchanted icon in the top middle row of the game menu with the date of the next event and a countdown timer for a more precise idea of how long they have to wait till the
next event.
------------------------------------
What will players be playing for?
Now I haven't given much thought about what exclusive things could be given for winning these events. A few things I thought about and I'll list:
- Exclusive banner for each event
- Discount off a rank/rank-up that can be used at any time.
- Some kind of animated cloak
- Some kind of win effect gadget (maybe a huge amount of different colour fireworks that you can set off in the lobby that lasts for 10 seconds)
- Maybe a podium in a hall where all the winners are put to view (like a hall of fame)
All of these are quick ideas, any other suggestions for this bit would be great.
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Why all this hassle?
I feel something to work towards will help keep people interested in the server. Players don't stick around because they mindlessly play, they play and have fun because there is always that slight bit of competition to be recognized as the best. I find after playing a game for so long you do start to lose that sense of competition and once it starts to go it disappears dramatically. I feel by hosting these they will help keep bringing back that competition and either keep people playing on this server or bring people to this server because they see them and become interested in participating.
Now I'm not saying this is the exactly what should happen, obviously there are other ways but this is just an idea i had.
Any questions or additions are welcomed and appreciated.
If you hate the idea then send all the hate you like :P
( I had a break in the middle of writing this and I do feel I missed a few things out )
