Greetings fellow StickCraftians!
An old concept has recently become popular among the Minecraft Community, inspired in part by The Hunger Games. The concept of these "Survival Games" is simple; a group of players get together on a pre-constructed map and battle it out until there is only one survivor. Players do not break blocks, instead of gathering resources themselves the needs of conquest and survival are placed within chests that are scattered about the map, often requiring wit and/or dexterity to be obtained.
The game starts with the players slotted into tubes that circle the center of the map, where before their eyes lies an impressive bounty. 3.. 2.. 1.. Go! Some tempted by greed fall within minutes battling over the riches at the center, whilst others flee to hide and gather, plotting and scheming to find their opponents distracted and defenseless.
A few of us have spent the past couple days constructing the first map, smaller than some Survival Game maps out there to compensate for our less-than-active community, as well as encouraging a faster paced game in general. If we get a good amount of people and demand, larger maps can be made, and help is always appreciated. ; )
The Rules- The last player alive wins.
- You can not break any blocks except leaves and mushrooms.
- You can not leave the glass boundary, see the above rule.
- All players must begin with an empty inventory.
Important Notes
- You may chose which tube you wish to start in. These are first come first serve, some locations are closer to the center bounty, others provide a quicker escape route; chose wisely.
- Alliances are allowed, but remember that there can only be one victor. Watch your back.
If you'd like to see an example of some average gameplay check out this video, as well as many others on youtube. These games have varying amount of moderator intervention, we're hoping to have little or none.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOhD4NLUlXI
Please post if you are interested in participating! Hopefully we can get our first game started soon. :D
Count me in.
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I'm game!
I've changed my minecraft server status website to include these 'Battle Royale' events.
You can go to http://status.minecraft.igufed.com to view the info. Click on 'Battle Royale' to view the info.
Just basic rules/gameplay. Will include info on each event and the different maps we will use and a zoomed out image of the map just to give people a general idea of what they are.
Just another piece of info for this, there will be at least 1 op during each event. This op will be placing the items in the chests before their event so only they know what is in each one. This will change every event; not necessarily the op, but the items in each chest more than likely won't be the same in any event.
The maps will be reset to their original state before each event as well. Chest locations will stay the same, contents will not.
This sounds epic. I would certainly consider playing.
I saw this map up on your old server yesterday and wandered around wondering what it was haha. Saw many "igu-beacons". Yeah I'd definitely be down to play, sounds really fun.
I'm up for it.
Gufi held a gun to my head and threatened me until I joined. :P But yeah, I'd really enjoy participating in this seeing as I haven't played Minecraft for a while.
I forget how to play, but ZOMG ME ME ME
I'd love to participate, I've been looking to play something like this recently ;D
I'm down to try it out.
Anyone interested in doing a little test run of this is welcome to.
Right now the plan is to get a few people together and try it out in about 2 hours or so from now. ~10:30 or so central time.
So, catch me on MSN (andrew@igufed.com) or Scotty's teamspeak if you're interested in playing.
I'm in.
My brother lolmaster1253 is willing to enter. He doesn't have a forum acc but hes a member on the game and has minecraft.
Setting up the chests now. Should be done in 5 minutes or so then the server will be open.
I will remove the whitelist and wait about 15 minutes (so, roughly 20 mins from this post) before starting.
A few of us are on Scotty's teamspeak if you wanted to join that.
TeamSpeak: jicamadickables.dyndns.org
Minecraft Battle Royale Test Run: minecraft.igufed.com:25566
*Edit for all of you latecomers: We've finished 2 round and are setting up round 3. Still time to join in.
Edit: Done for tonight.
Quote from: igufed on April 28, 2012, 11:25:07 PM
Setting up the chests now. Should be done in 5 minutes or so then the server will be open.
I will remove the whitelist and wait about 15 minutes (so, roughly 20 mins from this post) before starting.
A few of us are on Scotty's teamspeak if you wanted to join that.
TeamSpeak: jicamadickables.dyndns.org
Minecraft Battle Royale Test Run: minecraft.igufed.com:25566
*Edit for all of you latecomers: We've finished 2 round and are setting up round 3. Still time to join in.
D: I missed out cause I was out being a DD. So not cool.
Did you learn your lesson? Either Drink and drive, or don't drive at all.
I plan on leaving the server up even if there are no events going on. Just to allow people to get the lay of the land and to even the playing field for those who have already played on or made the map.
Don't modify/build/destroy anything, though, if you can resist. I do have a clean map backed up, but, I'd like to not have to switch it out every other day from people changing things.
*Edit: I forgot to change the spawn location. Now you don't spawn in a bedrock place that you can't get out of. Sorry about that. ;)
Last night was pretty damn fun. We switched off who would moderate and place items each round, each of us getting an idea as to what works and is fair. There is a definite advantage for those of us who created the map, and as that can't really be avoided I encourage everyone to play and familiarize themselves with it.
I believe the #1 concept to be learned is that some of these chest locations are more difficult than others, and are actually meant to distract you. These chests will generally have better loot, but that's always up to the OP, so remember to ask yourself if the risk is worth the time spent.
Hey you guys should do this again cause I just got the game and I really want to try this out!
We're just still testing things out and getting things set up.
We will post a few days ahead of time of an actual event soon enough.
Oh alright! Thanks can't wait :D!
im in guys ;D
In about 2 hours we plan to play a few 'hunger games' type of play. Feel free to hop on MSN and/or Scotty's TS from now until then to know the details. Most of us use TS while playing.
Quote from: igufed on May 30, 2012, 09:10:03 PM
In about 2 hours we plan to play a few 'hunger games' type of play. Feel free to hop on MSN and/or Scotty's TS from now until then to know the details. Most of us use TS while playing.
I am so there.
I'd like to get some people together tonight for a few games.
Probably in around 9-10 hours or so from now. Roughly 8-9pm Central time. Log into MSN or hop on Scottys teamspeak around that time if you're interested.
Best way to know if anything is going on would be to add me to MSN, i usually message people i know who are interested when we randomly play, so, add me if you want. andrew@igufed.com
dammmnnnn that sounds cool.... But me and sk8 have miinecraft on xbox 360 :c
Short notice, but in about an hour we plan on having a few games.
Hop on TS or MSN if you want to join in.
I wonder if me posting about each somewhat planned event on a different post will annoy anyone..
BUT, we plan to do a few games again tonight if anyone would like to join.
We're all on Scotty's TS current and I think we will do a few games tonight.
I played last night with 7-8 people (my understanding is that's the highest amount we've had in one go yet). It was a phenomenal experience. We had a lot of really good solid games. A few were wipes due to balance issues and the fact that users who created the maps with hidden items had a distinct advantage. Once we worked out the balance issues, and prevented the map creators from killing the experience, we had some real challenging and borderline hilarious matches.
Some of the memorable events I recall:
Snakeman running right by a glaring stack of TnT solely placed by Pwnage (who was standing on it while Snakeman ran by no less) for no intent other than to get into Snakeman's base and win the match for us. He was so intent on sicking his dogs on me that he didn't even notice Pwnage strolling right into his castle and winning the match for our team.
Igufed exclaiming that Pwnage stole our flag and was headed back to his base, so I immediately target him and chase after him exclaiming "I'm not going to catch him!" He stopped at a wall and tried to break through it to get back into their base, giving me enough time to get up behind him and kill him. Then I hear Igu on Teamspeak say something along the lines of "Yep, that was me..." We didn't win that match...
Overall, we had a lot of fun. I've included some photos for users to check out. We're playing again Sunday at 6PM EST, 3PM PST (5PM Central). All are encouraged to join in the shenanigans. We'd like to get as many people on as possible. The more we have, the more enjoyable it will be.
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Special thanks to Luci's sister for getting the photos and creating a lot of the maps, facilitating most of this, and overall just being plain awesome.
That was definitely a good time. Hopefully with this few days notice more people will see when we're actually going to play and can plan ahead to be there.
The more people there are the more fun it will be.
Just watch out for drunken Scotty if you're on his team..
Remember folks, if you're interested, we're gonna be starting in about 2.5 hours from now. As an added bonus, Pwnage says he won't be able to make it since he has no concept of time management. :P Thus, now everyone has a reason to join in! We'll be on Teamspeak around that time if you'd like to join us, otherwise, we'll be using chat in game as well. See you all in 2.5 hours!
I'd like to do this but would need to be whitelisted on the server I think.
Quote from: Titan on June 24, 2012, 03:43:50 PM
I'd like to do this but would need to be whitelisted on the server I think.
That can be arranged if you aren't already. I'll let Igu know.
Quote from: Scotty on June 24, 2012, 04:07:23 PM
Quote from: Titan on June 24, 2012, 03:43:50 PM
I'd like to do this but would need to be whitelisted on the server I think.
That can be arranged if you aren't already. I'll let Igu know.
I'm 90% sure I'm not whitelisted on igu's server, thanks for the help.
Beginning to collect players on Scott's TS for the castle wars. We start in 10 minutes.
Quote from: Titan on June 24, 2012, 03:43:50 PM
I'd like to do this but would need to be whitelisted on the server I think.
My survival games server doesn't use a whitelist, so, no problem here.
If you're still playing, hop on Scotty's TS if you can.
Planning on some games in roughly an hour and a half, 4:00 PST. Hop on Scotty's Teamspeak or send me a message on MSN if you want to play!
Yea, do it. Join. Play. Don't be a bum.
Count me in!
I'd like to join, but I'm pretty sure you guys have the legit Minecraft version. The downsides of being poor Q.Q