bob_brickman99
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Back to the Future - great movie. Set in 1985. They travelled 30 years into the future to now - 2015.
We are now the future.
Let's now turn our attention to MCGamer. Began in 2011. No-one could have pictured the server becoming what it is today - both in a positive and a negative way. The amount of popularity, great maps, fantastic community members and millions of players, thousands who join every day. And yet despite how far the server has come, people aren't happy.
And it is easy to see why. There just simply isn't enough in it for the community. A typical day of MCSG.
1. Login to Minecraft
2. Join MCGamer.
3. Join Survival Games
4. Play. Fight. Die. Win a couple of games.
5. Become frustrated when you lose.
6. Rage. Everyone suddenly turns into a hacker. Swearing. Angering other players.
7. Quit.
And this is normal.
I know I have felt this way. Many of you guys have felt this way. But we should not feel this way. But how do we fix it? Countless threads from players that complain about glitches and issues? Um...the issue isn't on the forums. The forums is great. Excellent design, good information.
The issue is the game.
But people seem to think that the SOLUTION is to go BACK. Guess what.
Not going to happen. Ever. The solution is the future.
Just like our time-travelling friends Dr. Emmett Brown and Marty McFly, we must enter the future. Starting today. 1.9 is just around the corner, and if the server is still stuck trying to revive the ancient gameplay of 2012 the player base is going to disappear.
People play MCGamer because they enjoy playing Survival Games with friends, or by themselves. There is a serious competitive side of MCGamer, but it's getting "toxic". The solution? We need to change how the server is set up, run, and how players interact with it.
Bob's 5 Solutions for the Server that Embrace the Future:
Solution 1: More community involvement with decisions.
- More polls
- More surverys
- More information on the forums about what is happening behind the scenes.
Solution 2: Better commitment and interaction with staff
- More mods in games and not sitting in the lobby.
- Easier way to communicate in-game (TeamSpeak isn't enough)
- Mod of the Week on the forums for the world to see
Solution 3: More community events
- Special seasonal events with seasonal maps
- Forums competitions (best youtube video, best graphics etc.)
- Prizes for winning and competing
Solution 4: Add more achievements and leaderboards
- Leaderboards for most deaths, most damage taken, arrows shot etc.
- Achievements for kills, wins, minutes played etc.
- Rewards for completing achievements
Solution 5: Better rewards for players just for playing
- Better lobby perks
- Make it easier to earn MCGamer credits (achievement rewards?)
- Add server voting to expand player base
Solution 6: Fix the Gameplay of MCSG
- Fix chests (tiering, locations and extra loot found around the map)
- Chest refill at 20 minutes and 10 minutes instead of 17 and 7
- Either remove the sidebar or make it better - it looks ugly
Solution 7: Get rid of 1.7 compatibility
- It adds a lot of bugs to game play (such as no knockback)
- Easier to code an Anti-Cheat if you are only focusing on one version of the game
- No unfair advantages (block-hitting??)
Embrace the Future. MCGamer - you're doing a lot right, but these things are essential if we are going to keep MCGamer alive when 1.9 updates.
TL;DR: Please read BobbyBoo_ out
We are now the future.
Let's now turn our attention to MCGamer. Began in 2011. No-one could have pictured the server becoming what it is today - both in a positive and a negative way. The amount of popularity, great maps, fantastic community members and millions of players, thousands who join every day. And yet despite how far the server has come, people aren't happy.
And it is easy to see why. There just simply isn't enough in it for the community. A typical day of MCSG.
1. Login to Minecraft
2. Join MCGamer.
3. Join Survival Games
4. Play. Fight. Die. Win a couple of games.
5. Become frustrated when you lose.
6. Rage. Everyone suddenly turns into a hacker. Swearing. Angering other players.
7. Quit.
And this is normal.
I know I have felt this way. Many of you guys have felt this way. But we should not feel this way. But how do we fix it? Countless threads from players that complain about glitches and issues? Um...the issue isn't on the forums. The forums is great. Excellent design, good information.
The issue is the game.
But people seem to think that the SOLUTION is to go BACK. Guess what.
Not going to happen. Ever. The solution is the future.
Just like our time-travelling friends Dr. Emmett Brown and Marty McFly, we must enter the future. Starting today. 1.9 is just around the corner, and if the server is still stuck trying to revive the ancient gameplay of 2012 the player base is going to disappear.
People play MCGamer because they enjoy playing Survival Games with friends, or by themselves. There is a serious competitive side of MCGamer, but it's getting "toxic". The solution? We need to change how the server is set up, run, and how players interact with it.
Bob's 5 Solutions for the Server that Embrace the Future:
Solution 1: More community involvement with decisions.
- More polls
- More surverys
- More information on the forums about what is happening behind the scenes.
Solution 2: Better commitment and interaction with staff
- More mods in games and not sitting in the lobby.
- Easier way to communicate in-game (TeamSpeak isn't enough)
- Mod of the Week on the forums for the world to see
Solution 3: More community events
- Special seasonal events with seasonal maps
- Forums competitions (best youtube video, best graphics etc.)
- Prizes for winning and competing
Solution 4: Add more achievements and leaderboards
- Leaderboards for most deaths, most damage taken, arrows shot etc.
- Achievements for kills, wins, minutes played etc.
- Rewards for completing achievements
Solution 5: Better rewards for players just for playing
- Better lobby perks
- Make it easier to earn MCGamer credits (achievement rewards?)
- Add server voting to expand player base
Solution 6: Fix the Gameplay of MCSG
- Fix chests (tiering, locations and extra loot found around the map)
- Chest refill at 20 minutes and 10 minutes instead of 17 and 7
- Either remove the sidebar or make it better - it looks ugly
Solution 7: Get rid of 1.7 compatibility
- It adds a lot of bugs to game play (such as no knockback)
- Easier to code an Anti-Cheat if you are only focusing on one version of the game
- No unfair advantages (block-hitting??)
Embrace the Future. MCGamer - you're doing a lot right, but these things are essential if we are going to keep MCGamer alive when 1.9 updates.
TL;DR: Please read BobbyBoo_ out