New Gametype Battle Royale {insert more creative name here}

It does do that, but I’m not entirely sure that’s possible in Minecraft therefore a stationary bus with every point in the map reachable would probably be the best bet

Similar to -a large network- we could use an ender dragon? Possibly retexture it if we do get a resource pack for the game
 
This is a cool idea, but I have a problem with it. It's way too similar to SG to have them as separate games.
 
-due to it failing. Forums wanted it but players didn't play it. The same could easily apply to this, we'd never know until throwing money at it but the failure of the closest game makes this a big risk.

Also, texture pack games are always a bad idea because they statistically fail no matter how many players the network receives. People just don't like them and games that are more vanilla do significantly better (BedWars, SkyWars..).

tl;dr= Battle Royale that isn't 100 players is called fancy SG. SG didn't do so great. This idea is well thought out on paper and could be fun but in reality I don't see it being successful - especially on a network of our size. The largest network tried and failed to create success from the battle royale craze, ignoring that wouldn't be smart.
I’m not saying to go ahead and add this right now. Obviously— as anyone can see, our player count is dwindling and in the short-term most likely wouldnt be able to handle a game of this magnitude.

However, I don’t really see your reasoning behind “texture pack games always fail.” There are servers with games dedicated to texture pack based games— and to add onto that, the texture pack would be an optional addition to enhance the players’ game experience.
I don’t think it’s fair for you, or anyone, to judge how a certain game will be responded to without the game being implemented.

Your “fancy Survival Games” analogy is exactly my point. Our Survival Games failed due to lack of originality. There were practically no twists or fun additions to the game— thus making players get bored of it rather quickly. I made this suggestion to appease the people who wanted, but disliked, our version of Survival Games by giving it a new twist and new objectives.

I am fully aware of other networks trying to capitalize on making a version of Battle Royale— which is why my suggestion includes ways that would differ ours from theirs. Just because the same game is on two or more networks does not mean one of them won’t be played. There are many examples of games in which are on multiple servers that still draw a large crowd of people.

In conclusion— instead of down-voting suggestions that would benefit the server, maybe actually take them into consideration and putting personal bias aside. I’m not saying my suggestion is the one that’ll completely change the trajectory of the server— but I think it should be taken into consideration. From the looks of it, you rated my suggestion "Do not implement" without hearing me answer your questions and justifying why I feel the way I do. That is something I find unfair, especially coming from a Developer— who's responsibility it is to reason with players and help critique their ideas instead of shooting them down the moment they read them.
 
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great idea!!! i dont see how anyone could think this was bad, its great!
 
Reasoning
Recently, I've been playing loads of Fortnite. This is relevant because I think FPS games are overshadowing Minecraft and are one of the many things contributing to the decreasing amount of player activity. Back when Minecraft was one of the most sought-after video games-- games like Survival Games and Sky Wars were incredibly popular. Nowadays, that trophy has been taken by first-person-shooter games such as Fortnite and CS:GO. I feel as though it could be a massive success if we somehow were able to merge the two into a gamemode that everyone would enjoy playing. I'm going to outline my general ideas for this new gametype in the paragraphs that follow and will edit the thread and add different things from other people as well.

Gameplay
12-24 players spawn into a "battle bus" of sorts, or "party bus" for originality's sake and fly above the map. They have 15 seconds to jump and glide down from the bus to the battle arena waiting below. Players are free to land anywhere within the map limits. Scattered around the map are Mythic Chests, Legendary Chests, Epic Chests, Rare Chests, Uncommon Chests, and Common Chests. The contents of the chests go as followed.
Mythic: Party Rockets, Medical Kit, Mythic Shield
Legendary: Minigun, Medical Kit, Legendary Shield
Epic: Party Bombs, Medical Kit, Rare Shield
Rare: SMG, Crossbow, Bandages, Rare Shield
Uncommon: Grenades, Bandages, Shotgun, Common Shield
Common: M16, AK47, Bandages, Pistol, Common Shield
see loot list below for further information
As players gather weapons, they are also able to chop down trees, break boulders, and collect iron from around the map to build and create their own bases as the amount of survivors decreases. Closing in from all sides to a random point on the map is a massive storm, the player's job is to remain inside of the eye-- the only calm place. If a player enters the storm at any time, their health will deplete and they will eventually be eliminated from the game. As players begin to fall, the top of the screen will display their name and their cause of death. Example below.
Jebb got caught in the storm! 16 players remain.
Star__x was blown up by ALM's Party Bomb! 15 players remain.
llatekate was sniped by Arujann's Crossbow! 14 players remain.
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a few deaths later
smitdalt fell from a high place! 2 players remain.
Sarhah was shotgunned by Richhi! RICHHI WINS! what a joke she always loses

Eventually, the eye of the storm will become so small that the remaining players have no choice but to fight each other-- preventing campers or hiders from achieving an unfair victory.

Loot List

dps means damage per shot

weaponry
Pistol: DPS 1.5 hearts, reload rate 3 seconds
M16: DPS 2 hearts, reload rate 3 seconds
AK47: DPS 2.5 hearts, reload rate 3.5 seconds
Shotgun: DPS 4 hearts, reload rate 6 seconds
SMG: DPS 1.5 hearts, reload rate 1.5 seconds
Crossbow:(it's just a bow): DPS 2.5 hearts, reload rate dependent on how far you're shooting
Minigun: DPS 1 heart, reload rate 0.5 seconds
Party Rockets: DPS 5 hearts, reload rate 5 seconds

if any of these are super op lmk and ill nerf em

extras
Medical Kit: increases health to full
Bandages: +2.5 hearts every usage
Common Shield: +2 armor levels every usage
Rare Shield: +3.5 armor levels every usage
Legendary Shield: +5 armor levels every usage
Mythic Shield: increases armor level to full
Grenades: DPS 3 hearts, takes 3 seconds to explode
Party Bombs: DPS 5 hearts, takes 3 seconds to explode and fires a firework
Supply Drops: Drop randomly throughout the map, a beacon will signal where one is being dropped. Mythic and Legendary Chests are included in supply drops.


FAQ:
Oh my dear sweet Aru, for what may the prizes for winning be?
1000 tokens for winning, 500 for second, 250 for third, all other participants get 100.
How long do games last?
15-30 minutes.
How would the weapons and extras look in-game?
My idea was to have the Design Team create a custom texture pack for the game ans to reskin shovels, hoes, snowballs, and other vanilla items into their corresponding gadget.
What about adding teams?
We don’t have the player count for that. Possibly if the game became a massive success it could be a possibility but I think where we stand it would do more harm than good.
ill put the answers to all of the questions in this section : D

feedback appreciate thx

Thats definitely a really good Idea, and maybe they can name the gamemode "Party Royale", the only thing is that there should be a little bit more weapons like Assault Rifles and even more weapons.

Also I think it must be fun to add color for weapons to let people know how rare these weapons are.

Greetings,
Maurice | Kaizre
 
Thats definitely a really good Idea, and maybe they can name the gamemode "Party Royale", the only thing is that there should be a little bit more weapons like Assault Rifles and even more weapons.

Also I think it must be fun to add color for weapons to let people know how rare these weapons are.

Greetings,
Maurice | Kaizre
ak47s and m16s are assault rifles
 
I don’t even think the server could gather enough players to make a Battle Royale game.
Well it depends on how many players we would need to start a game of Battle Royale.
Yes, the server doesn't have enough players to make a real battle Royale game and it might not even be successful. But the point is we have to give it a shot and we can always start of making games begin with a small ratio and with time if we see that it's played more we can make it bigger.
 
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I don’t even think the server could gather enough players to make a Battle Royale game.
Well it depends on how many players we would need to start a game of Battle Royale.
Again, as I said several times— I’m not saying this is a suggestion to be implemented immediately, but once we have the player-count to support it.

If it were implemented with our current server traffic, it would be doomed to fail regardless of how good or bad it is. During the summer could be a possibility, it just depends how PZ holds up until then.
 
Again, as I said several times— I’m not saying this is a suggestion to be implemented immediately, but once we have the player-count to support it.

If it were implemented with our current server traffic, it would be doomed to fail regardless of how good or bad it is. During the summer could be a possibility, it just depends how PZ holds up until then.

With that said, it could even be just a limited time game mode for the summer. If in September players request it back and enough ask for it, we could keep it on the server for good
 
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With that said, it could even be just a limited time game mode for the summer. If in September players request it back and enough ask for it, we could keep it on the server for good
well, i think especially for streams it’d be good since the main problem when they played fortnite on stream is players cant join
 
I don’t even think the server could gather enough players to make a Battle Royale game.
Well it depends on how many players we would need to start a game of Battle Royale.
Okay, hold up, did you say that a Battle Royale game inspired by Fortnite WON'T attract players?

I mean, please! Pretty much anyone that can play Fortnite, will play Fortnite. Even if they can't, they'd really want to get some sort of taste of what it's like. Fortnite is an incredibly popular game, as is Minecraft, so if we mix the two together, I think that would get a hell of a lot of people to play. It might even attract other players to join the server when they see we have Battle Royale!

Also somebody said it would only need something like 24 players for a match, similar to Survival Games, due to the small playerbase, but later when we're more popular we could expand to 50, and maybe even 100.

Also one more thing...
first-person-shooter games such as Fortnite

Fortnite isn't first person, it's third person lmao
 
Also I think it must be fun to add color for weapons to let people know how rare these weapons are
Perhaps, outline maybe? Or a glow if that's possible

or maybe

just some really bold and bright letters to make things magicalll
 
@The2GoldenSpoons may i ask why you voted dont implement
You may indeed.

The reason for my “Don’t impotent” vote is because I hate BR games. Another reason is other servers with a much larger player base than our own have got a BR game in testing, and it is incredibly glitchy. Another reason is that battle royale games are big games of 100 people, and personally, I think twelve people is too small for a solo game, and it all depends on the size of the map respective. If you were to have a map the same size as the server we don’t mention the games would be boring as you wouldn’t come across anyone.

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