New Gametype Prison....

[Godfish23]

Now, I am well aware this has been brought up before so don't be afraid to shut this down if it is a bad idea.
A while ago the idea was floated around that prison might be a cool new game type. Older members will remember factions being kind of the community of the server so when that was shut down it could be said the community half died then. The thread about adding prison was immensely popular and even appealed to admins and Gigo himself.
With the server being in a slight spot of bother with player numbers slightly diminishing and more and more players leaving adding prison to the server could be what MCPZ needs to re-boost the community by bringing in new members and possibly tempting back some old ones.
Now obviously this is kind of a long shot as a prison server needs dedication and time to run however I know the admins, staff and players could support it into becoming a focal point for MCPZ in rebuilding the community.
Let me know what you think with either a +1, -1 or more ideas on how this could be built up and used!

A common question is "how can we make our prison a special PZ specific prison?" suggestions are below:

• Have some specific roles inside the prison game mode for players to earn such as a shop keeper for something they built themselves or maybe a guard. (open to more roles )
• Allow players to design the mines for the prison either by competition format or by general build submission
• Make the whole prison a focal point for MCPZ. Have MCPZ relevant content everywhere. I.e. Need a guard state? Shove an admins head on it. Want to make a joke? Make it PZ relevant and stick it where people can see it. Show people what MCPZ is really all about!
• Hidden skulls (staff heads maybe) in each mine for players to find to earn something
• Custom enchants for tools and weapons which could never break.
• Not all mines have to be ore. We could include wood mines, maybe a wilderness mine which is like digging up a section of overworld. An MCPZ mine where there are MCPZ blocks. Choices are endless
• Some 'mines' don't even need to be mines. Parkour might be appreciated as either the only way to progress OR as a secondary method for some players )
• Either a prison plot system or alternatively a prison cell system where players can upgrade to bigger cells for money as they progress

 

[ABennn]

First off, we need details. I'm not opposed to the idea, but it's the fact that prison is SOO many servers. We need some ways that could make our prison more entertaining, not necessarily unique, but more entertaining.

I was thinking this might be a good idea as it's something people can play without waiting for other players.

+1 even if it's the same prison as everyone else, I want this.

 

[Godfish23]

First off, we need details. I'm not opposed to the idea, but it's the fact that prison is SOO many servers. We need some ways that could make our prison more entertaining, not necessarily unique, but more entertaining.

I was thinking this might be a good idea as it's something people can play without waiting for other players.

+1 even if it's the same prison as everyone else, I want this.

Its quite difficult to make a prison server different to what lots of other larger servers have. However I think what would make our hypothetical prison special would be the community running through it. Everybody on PZ works together very well I see it time and time again with new and old members. I suppose different ideas like people having fun little roles inside the prison like maybe a guard or a shop owner might add some fun to it. Maybe some very PZ specific design work. The very best thing I can think of might be running a competition to design some of the prison mines players go through. That would mean the PZ community will permeate the whole game mode as well as giving players an incentive to work hard to help the server.

 

[Emviar]

Thank you for the suggestion, Godfish23! It's reassuring to see users who want to help the community maintain itself and grow.

As Emerald said, we need more details on the idea. I've played prison on many servers and the fact is that most of them are the same. Mine blocks, sell them, repeat until you either go insane or go insane. If this were to be implemented into PartyZone's repertoire of game modes, it would need some changes to make it more interesting.

Once again, thanks for putting up this thread. I'll remain neutral on the idea until some more details are listed. (You can just edit your thread.)

 

[Godfish23]

Thank you for the suggestion, Godfish23! It's reassuring to see users who want to help the community maintain itself and grow.

As Emerald said, we need more details on the idea. I've played prison on many servers and the fact is that most of them are the same. Mine blocks, sell them, repeat until you either go insane or go insane. If this were to be implemented into PartyZone's repertoire of game modes, it would need some changes to make it more interesting.

Once again, thanks for putting up this thread. I'll remain neutral on the idea until some more details are listed. (You can just edit your thread.)

I've added lots of new ideas as a reply to Emeralds post but yes I will add them to the main thread

 

[Williahm]

Now, I am well aware this has been brought up before so don't be afraid to shut this down if it is a bad idea.
A while ago the idea was floated around that prison might be a cool new game type. Older members will remember factions being kind of the community of the server so when that was shut down it could be said the community half died then. The thread about adding prison was immensely popular and even appealed to admins and Gigo himself.
With the server being in a slight spot of bother with player numbers slightly diminishing and more and more players leaving adding prison to the server could be what MCPZ needs to re-boost the community by bringing in new members and possibly tempting back some old ones.
Now obviously this is kind of a long shot as a prison server needs dedication and time to run however I know the admins, staff and players could support it into becoming a focal point for MCPZ in rebuilding the community.
Let me know what you think with either a +1, -1 or more ideas on how this could be built up and used!

I am aware that this is pretty popular on other servers, and if it were to be adjusted even in the slightest bit to give it a little bit more originality then it could be added to the network, not bad.

 

[Godfish23]

I am aware that this is pretty popular on other servers, and if it were to be adjusted even in the slightest bit to give it a little bit more originality then it could be added to the network, not bad.

I'm open to all suggestions for changes. I've tried to make a list in the original post and I will continue adding anything anybody suggests and anything I can think of.

 

[ABennn]

I'm doing -1.
Prison could lead to hackers.
Hacks such as:

• Autoclicker
• Killaura
• Fly
• Xray
• CommandBlockOverride

CommandBlockOverride
It is a brand new hack, as people can disable command blocks for that player and give themselves advantages, such as creative mode.

Hacks are a problem everywhere. Don't push down a suggestion just because of possible hackers. If you see someone hacking, report it.

 

[Godfish23]

I'm doing -1.
Prison could lead to hackers.
Hacks such as:

• Autoclicker
• Killaura
• Fly
• Xray
• CommandBlockOverride

CommandBlockOverride
It is a brand new hack, as people can disable command blocks for that player and give themselves advantages, such as creative mode.

I think that putting down an idea due to fear of hackers is questionable. However all the same any game on any server is susceptible to hackers. Staff are experienced in how to spot a hacker and they know how to deal with one. If every server thought about all the hackers that could abuse their games before realising them we would have no new content ever. Nothing is so solid hackers cannot get in; we have admins to make it as close to secure as they can. By the logic here we should remove any game with PVP involved to stop kill aura and any game with an open area to flying doesn't help a hacker.

 

[MariTheVillain]

Maybe a themed version. But not yet. Maybe when we get better player counts, but just for now, not yet

 

[Godfish23]

Maybe a themed version. But not yet. Maybe when we get better player counts, but just for now, not yet

The issue I find is player counts are not going up. If player counts don't go up that adds some jeopardy into the safety of the server (I wont get into this). We need something now to bring people TO the server and MAINTAIN what the sever already has in a community. Agree or disagree I think prison would do this job.

 

[Star Crossed Lover]

Woah, Prison, brings back memories man. One of the first servers I joined back in 2013 was a server that had prison on it. I was a huge fan, and I loved going on and on with it. I sorta lost interest once I completed all the ranks, but there were only 9 ranks so =PP

Anyways, I find this as a brilliant idea. I love prison, and if PZ added prison, I would go on to there
A lot

+1 from me~ (Sorry, I'm not very creative when adding on to suggestions)

 

[Godfish23]

Woah, Prison, brings back memories man. One of the first servers I joined back in 2013 was a server that had prison on it. I was a huge fan, and I loved going on and on with it. I sorta lost interest once I completed all the ranks, but there were only 9 ranks so =PP

Anyways, I find this as a brilliant idea. I love prison, and if PZ added prison, I would go on to there
A lot

+1 from me~ (Sorry, I'm not very creative when adding on to suggestions)

This is great. All the support on the thread in general is wonderful. The MCPZ prison would have more than 9 ranks and would definitely add extra content for players to enjoy. Thank you so much.

 

[SilverBlade]

I would love to see this happening, now I have played on A LOT and I mean A LOTTTTT of servers. Some of them were ULTRA hard, like impossible to get past so you spent most of your time mining, and then their are the OVERLY easy prison servers, we just need to settle in the middle! There could also be other ways to make money on the server instead of just mining! Some ideas of other things to do;

-Parkour! Some people love the practical part of Minecraft so their could be like 2 or 3 different parkour that pops up in every rank thingy where if you complete it you get different amounts of money (parkour gets harder through ranks, but higher money prizes)

-Finding something, so you can kind of test your logic, if we had a certain theme we could search for different things! Like in rank A, where you start, you get given one clue to find something, once you find it you gain some money, then you get given another clue of where the next prize is in rank B and so on!

We could even add a concept (which won't work if we have VIPs and others getting different and better pics) is where instead of just buying a new pic axe you just have one that is infinite damage and just have that, then to level it up we don't use enchantment tables but have a system (don't know how it will work I've just seen something like it, just not used in this concept) where you use experience to level your pics stats up!

 

[ABennn]

Maybe a themed version. But not yet. Maybe when we get better player counts, but just for now, not yet

I’m mainly saying yes as it’s something people can play whenever they feel like it, they don’t have to wait until others are online. One of the many reason creative has player counts.

 

[SilverBlade]

Maybe a themed version. But not yet. Maybe when we get better player counts, but just for now, not yet

We won't get anywhere if we wait for a lot of people to come on because that won't happen magically, this is why we need to make an effort and try and use popular things to bring them over!

 

[Godfish23]

I would love to see this happening, now I have played on A LOT and I mean A LOTTTTT of servers. Some of them were ULTRA hard, like impossible to get past so you spent most of your time mining, and then their are the OVERLY easy prison servers, we just need to settle in the middle! There could also be other ways to make money on the server instead of just mining! Some ideas of other things to do;

-Parkour! Some people love the practical part of Minecraft so their could be like 2 or 3 different parkour that pops up in every rank thingy where if you complete it you get different amounts of money (parkour gets harder through ranks, but higher money prizes)

-Finding something, so you can kind of test your logic, if we had a certain theme we could search for different things! Like in rank A, where you start, you get given one clue to find something, once you find it you gain some money, then you get given another clue of where the next prize is in rank B and so on!

We could even add a concept (which won't work if we have VIPs and others getting different and better pics) is where instead of just buying a new pic axe you just have one that is infinite damage and just have that, then to level it up we don't use enchantment tables but have a system (don't know how it will work I've just seen something like it, just not used in this concept) where you use experience to level your pics stats up!

This is excellent! Very grateful for the ideas as well as the support as a whole. All the ideas have been added o the original post so thank you so much.

 

[SilverBlade]

Exactly! The server needs progression not to just be happy with how things are. Community is what brought most MVP players and newer players to MCPZ and that's what we need to use to keep them here as well as tempting new users to join the party!

This is excellent! Very grateful for the ideas as well as the support as a whole. All the ideas have been added o the original post so thank you so much.

DUDE warning to ya! You double posted and it is not allowed, it's a rule on MCPZ, you seriously don't need a warning or worse so I want to advise you to delete one post

 

[Godfish23]

DUDE warning to ya! You double posted and it is not allowed, it's a rule on MCPZ, you seriously don't need a warning or worse so I want to advise you to delete one post

Ty ty, been a little while since I've used the forums properly like this. Getting to grips eventually.

 

[MariTheVillain]

We won't get anywhere if we wait for a lot of people to come on because that won't happen magically, this is why we need to make an effort and try and use popular things to bring them over!

Okay, but if we sink time, effort, and resources (those servers tend to have difficulty sometimes with RAM utilization when the first start) and noone plays it (like how SG, Splatter, and Partygames are) our devs may feel a bit less motivated. That being said...

I’m mainly saying yes as it’s something people can play whenever they feel like it, they don’t have to wait until others are online. One of the many reason creative has player counts.

Is the only reason I'm not completely downing the idea. We do need to look out for developer morale though. Since it is one of those games that really doesn't need others to be played there is bound to be someone who plays it, just like elite survival. There is usually at least one person there.

This is more of an issue that may need to be explored. If we throw modes at a wall until we see what sticks, we may run into issues with morale of the devs and potential monetary issues.

However there are some further things I would like to address

Prison servers are short of content. We need some way to spice it up, make it so people can't complete it in a week, some reason to drive them to keep playing even if they hit end game. I recommend rentable cells at large scale (of increasing sizes.) Maybe some areas to explore, story content? maybe. I dunno

Thematically we should try to keep up with the style of something in PZ. No idea what. I dunno where I'm really going with this line. Maybe it can be harvested to make something better.