I don't really know how to start this, but I think there should be another form of build battle, where builders and staff can take part too. Only like 3 staff or something would not be able to take part because they would be the ones giving scores on the builds based on different criteria. For example "how much the build fits the theme /10", "how detailed the build is /10", "how the build looks overall /10"l, and I'm sure there are plenty of other criteria that could be created. Then all the scores would be added up, for example each staff member may have 5 criteria to base their judgement on so they could have a total of 50 points to give people, and then if there were three staff (x, y, and z) it would be x+y+z/150. This system seems a bit more fair than the current weekly one because friends etc don't just judge for you even if other builds are better.
The winners of these build battles would get something better than server coins (idek what they're for tbh), perhaps a glow colour that isn't available to anyone else, or a title under their name above their head, or a suffix after their name, maybe a W for winner or some emote thing or a tick (check mark), or maybe a different name colour in chat.
Obviously if good builders take part they're more likely to win every month so if they do come first, the next place that hasn't won would get the prize so it's more fair on people, and so that they can still take part every month.
Themes could either be seasonal, or voted on in the forums, or the staff members that are running it can decide on a theme.
The build battles would last for a whole weekend (starting on Friday at 6 GMT or something) and ending on sunday at a similar time, then the staff will have time to vote on plots and release the scores either later on sunday or on monday.
The plots would be owned by staff so they can stop building at a certain time and they will all be in the same area, signups would open on the forums a few days before and it would be limited to 25 or 36 (a square number) players or teams (maybe teams limited to either two or three people).
Obviously this is a very rough idea but I feel that it would work quite well.
The winners of these build battles would get something better than server coins (idek what they're for tbh), perhaps a glow colour that isn't available to anyone else, or a title under their name above their head, or a suffix after their name, maybe a W for winner or some emote thing or a tick (check mark), or maybe a different name colour in chat.
Obviously if good builders take part they're more likely to win every month so if they do come first, the next place that hasn't won would get the prize so it's more fair on people, and so that they can still take part every month.
Themes could either be seasonal, or voted on in the forums, or the staff members that are running it can decide on a theme.
The build battles would last for a whole weekend (starting on Friday at 6 GMT or something) and ending on sunday at a similar time, then the staff will have time to vote on plots and release the scores either later on sunday or on monday.
The plots would be owned by staff so they can stop building at a certain time and they will all be in the same area, signups would open on the forums a few days before and it would be limited to 25 or 36 (a square number) players or teams (maybe teams limited to either two or three people).
Obviously this is a very rough idea but I feel that it would work quite well.
