Escalated Two Featured Games NPC

[Gemmmmie]

Hello! So this idea has been talked about a bit and I would like to extend on it.

Firstly, Featured Games is a rotation of a variety of games that have been removed almost two years ago. The NPC changes every two days at 5pm BST.

Here is a list of all the Featured Games:

Spoiler: Featured Games

- Archer Assault
- Battle Zone
- Blockwars Capture The Flag
- Blockwars Core
- Layer Spleef
- Line Dash
- Paintball
- Quake Craft
- Slime Survival
- Survival Games Solo
- Survival Games Team
- Wing Rush

Some games are much more popular than others, so due to an algorithm (I think this is correct, but don't quote me on this) they are Featured more often than others. As much as I enjoy this because one of my favourite games does get Featured more often, it isn't fair on other games. Even though, these games are obviously not as popular they rarely get Featured which causes them to never have a chance at even gaining popularity. For example, Battle Zone has around an average of 40-50 players every time it gets Featured compared to Blockwars that can receive up to 150 players!

In the last six months, Battle Zone has been Featured 3 times.

Spoiler: Battle Zone Dates

- 10/03
- 10/06
- 12/07

However, if you compare this to Blockwars that has been Featured a massive 23 times! I realise that it isn't a fair comparison due to Blockwars having two different types of Gamemodes, therefore here are the the separate totals. Core has been Featured 9 times while CTF has been Featured 14 times! Also, Blockwars wins the vote majority of the time where I don't think Battle Zone has.

Spoiler: Blockwars Dates

- 06/03
- 08/03
- 24/03
- 28/03
- 07/04
- 13/04
- 21/04
- 23/04
- 01/05
- 25/05
- 29/05
- 06/06
- 20/06
- 26/06
- 02/07
- 06/07
- 24/07
- 28/07
- 07/08
- 15/08
- 21/08
- 29/08
- 31/08

For even more separation purposes.

Spoiler: Blockwars CTF Dates

- 06/03
- 28/03
- 13/04
- 23/04
- 01/05
- 29/05
- 06/06
- 26/06
- 02/07
- 24/07
- 28/07
- 15/08
- 21/08
- 29/08

Spoiler: Blockwars Core Dates

- 08/03
- 24/03
- 07/04
- 21/04
- 25/05
- 20/06
- 06/07
- 07/08
- 31/08

As you can see, even if you solely compare Battle Zone and Blockwars Core, you can conclude that Core has been featured 3 times as much, in the last six months. This is where my suggestion comes in to try and even out the game rotation. There should be two Featured Games NPC's, there would be one either end of the main game selection. Therefore, one where it is now and add another next to Parkour.

Spoiler: The Lobby

The left Featured Game NPC would be an Arcade one, these games would be Layer Spleef, Line Dash, Paintball, Quake Craft, Slime Survival and Wing Rush.
The right Featured Game NPC would therefore be a PVP one, these games would Archer Assault, Battle Zone, Blockwars CTF, Blockwars Core, Survival Games Solo and Survival Games Team. Two Featured Games NPC's could mean old games can return like Barn Brawl, Bingo and Speed Eggwars.

This would also mean more games would be Featured regularly and could gain a higher player count. On the contrary, if there are two games Featured one could have no player count while the other could have a lot. Also, I do realise Cube may not have enough Servers to run another gamemode, especially on Java. Yet, I do think Cube could gain a few more members on Java if another game was added, as well as please the current members by adding a more regular rotation of their possible favourite gamemode.

Thank you for reading! I would love to hear your opinions :>

 

[Gregeyy]

Could be a nice addition. I'd like to see two featured game NPCs in the lobby, but without separating them as you're saying. It'd be nice to have just two normal NPCs with two different featured games to choose from, so I voted maybe.

Nothing to add. Thanks for your suggestion and have a nice day!

 

[Lyriie]

I think this is a nice idea!

 

[Eli]

I honestly always liked this idea. The two NPC's would always stay fresh since they're rotating all of the time. Plus, those who like specific featured games would definitely be more pleased with the frequence of their favourite games showing up.

This has been suggested twice and escalated once in the past:
- https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/2-rotation-system.215999/
- https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/should-popular-featured-games-be-separate.222313/

But I still think it is a fantastic idea and your thread provides a lot more detail and reasoning as to why this should happen. I'm a big fan!

That being said, I will go ahead and Escalate this thread!

 

[Gemmmmie]

I honestly always liked this idea. The two NPC's would always stay fresh since they're rotating all of the time. Plus, those who like specific featured games would definitely be more pleased with the frequence of their favourite games showing up.

This has been suggested twice and escalated once in the past:
- https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/2-rotation-system.215999/
- https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/should-popular-featured-games-be-separate.222313/

But I still think it is a fantastic idea and your thread provides a lot more detail and reasoning as to why this should happen. I'm a big fan!

That being said, I will go ahead and Escalate this thread!

Thank you so much!

 

[Levi_the_pro]

I don't see anything wrong with the system now more popular games get featured more makes sense to me more people want it so it should be there more often. But if this suggestion means more blockwars then yes please

 

[Gregeyy]

Congratulations on the Escalated tag!

 

[FnigePython]

That being said, I will go ahead and Escalate this thread!

Woop, Escamalation

 

[Maaarijn]

I've seen this idea in the past and I like it a lot. The way you worked it out is even better! Great idea's and I hope they will do something with this!

 

[Dreamer]

good idea! would love it

 

[Wauterrr]

I love the idea, this means I will be able to play more survival games which is by far my favorite gamemode

 

[Zathelas]

I actually love this! I see around 4k+ playing CubeCraft in the afternoon and evening, and sometimes even 5k! So, this isn't a bad idea to add actually. It may depends on which minigame it is, and I mean, which minigames you'd like to play. So I believe CubeCraft is getting popular nowadays so I don't see why this is a bad idea. Good suggestion!

 

[Deleted member 491790]

Yes!! I love this idea as I feel like there are almost never any arcade games I actually like, so this would be very helpful, and they could add some old games back too.

 

[Exarpo]

Good idea, great that it's escalated