Im sick of the same 3 gamemodes

[Ricade]

I'm really sick of seeing the same 3 gamemodes on every server these days, Prison, Skyblock and Factions. They claim the server is "custom coded" because they either spent 5 minutes making a /discord command in eclipse or made their own deluxemenu. None of the servers are unique, they're all carbon copies of one another, and the people making these servers just use these gamemodes as there are thousands of templates and premade plugins for them. This allows the most non creative people to get into server making which gets on my nerves. What happened to servers taking dedication and time to make, not just changing the names in the essentials configs to your servers name? More often than not people just make these servers as a simple money grab since most of them are completely pay-to-win and provide donators stupid good kits and perks which will make any kid want to throw down a couple bucks just to have the upper hand.

To server owners that do this, please take some time to pay some devs or something to make a gamemode that will attract people not by the ftop or istop, but by the sheer creativity and thought put into the game.

tldr - most servers these days are pay-to-win, cookie cutter templates that are designed to make a couple bucks for little effort. 90% of them include one of these 3 gamemodes, skyblock, prison, or factions. (sometimes survival)

 

[Vierdant]

"these days"
When was it different?

 

[Yoda]

What other types of game modes are there besides? Minigames, HCF, practice?

Most of the ones described above cost thousands to make and developed. Whereas you can open a prison/faction/skyblock for a few hundred. Also making a custom game mode will either cost you thousands of $ or thousands of hours and planning.

 

[CodySir]

Brain dead

 

[Ricade]

What other types of game modes are there besides? Minigames, HCF, practice?

Most of the ones described above cost thousands to make and developed. Whereas you can open a prison/faction/skyblock for a few hundred. Also making a custom game mode will either cost you thousands of $ or thousands of hours and planning.

but what motivates players to join the new ones if the old ones are exactly the same?

 

[Brind]

but what motivates players to join the new ones if the old ones are exactly the same?

Higher payouts lmao​

 

[Megumin]

I don't like either of these. To be honest, I like bedwars a lot. I play it on hypixel and no issues

 

[Rhos]

I mean it's understandable. Loads of people play on those gamemodes, so loads of people make plugins, and it becomes much easier for anyone to get into it. Anything unique will either take a lot of effort or a lot of money.

If you're looking for something more interesting I'd recommend brawl.com, lots of unique gamemodes there. CTF was always a favourite of mine. (No affiliation, just a fan.)

 

[Oxro]

-snip-

 

[Yoda]

but what motivates players to join the new ones if the old ones are exactly the same?

2-3 actual custom features, ability to grow on the server not have to pay to win. Proof you’ll stay open.

Main problem today with servers is owners spend thousands to get open but don’t fully plan stuff out and end up closing or losing all of their playerbase in 1-2 weeks. Space mc had like 200-400 on release now has like 40... Also has something to do with not updating the gamemode and putting 50% back into the server to add more features.

you might also think about the servers using youtubers and payouts. If you use youtubers the second they stop recording you’ll lose 60% of your playerbase because those people only play to play with the YouTube. Also payouts the second you don’t fully payout or end a map early because of bugs or lower you pay out people will start leaving.

 

[User]

What other types of game modes are there besides? Minigames, HCF, practice?

Most of the ones described above cost thousands to make and developed. Whereas you can open a prison/faction/skyblock for a few hundred. Also making a custom game mode will either cost you thousands of $ or thousands of hours and planning.

practice is probably easier to set up and hcf is probably about the same as factions, if not simpler. Minigames, some are much more complex but some are so basic there are plugins that do all the work for you

 

[Ricade]

I mean it's understandable. Loads of people play on those gamemodes, so loads of people make plugins, and it becomes much easier for anyone to get into it. Anything unique will either take a lot of effort or a lot of money.

If you're looking for something more interesting I'd recommend brawl.com, lots of unique gamemodes there. CTF was always a favourite of mine. (No affiliation, just a fan.)

I feel like you know I play brawl already lmao https://www.brawl.com/players/ricade

 

[Rhos]

LOL I actually didn't, been a while since I played

 

[Choo]

We need a pit clone

 

[Ally]

So it really hasn't changed from a couple of years ago then. Unfortunately the popular servers and gamemodes you see now will either be offering something, spoofing or advertising the heck out of the servers. The servers you want to join, the servers that do actually have unique gamemodes, features and stuff, you'll often find are sitting at the BOTTOM of server lists. They typically fail to advertise or their ads aren't seen as much, and they appeal to a more niche group.

The reason skyblock, prison and factions are so popular is because they are fleshed out ideas which have existed *insert dramatic scene with Morgan Freeman* since the dawn of time.

 

[Ricade]

So it really hasn't changed from a couple of years ago then. Unfortunately the popular servers and gamemodes you see now will either be offering something, spoofing or advertising the heck out of the servers. The servers you want to join, the servers that do actually have unique gamemodes, features and stuff, you'll often find are sitting at the BOTTOM of server lists. They typically fail to advertise or their ads aren't seen as much, and they appeal to a more niche group.

The reason skyblock, prison and factions are so popular is because they are fleshed out ideas which have existed *insert dramatic scene with Morgan Freeman* since the dawn of time.

It gets stale to me so fast though

 

[Overqualified]

It's a cycle. So many people make servers of these generic gamemodes that at least a few of them are bound to succeed. New server owners are then encouraged to make their server out of these gamemodes because they think that they will be successful too.

 

[Jack]

I'm really sick of seeing the same 3 gamemodes on every server these days, Prison, Skyblock and Factions. They claim the server is "custom coded" because they either spent 5 minutes making a /discord command in eclipse or made their own deluxemenu. None of the servers are unique, they're all carbon copies of one another, and the people making these servers just use these gamemodes as there are thousands of templates and premade plugins for them. This allows the most non creative people to get into server making which gets on my nerves. What happened to servers taking dedication and time to make, not just changing the names in the essentials configs to your servers name? More often than not people just make these servers as a simple money grab since most of them are completely pay-to-win and provide donators stupid good kits and perks which will make any kid want to throw down a couple bucks just to have the upper hand.

To server owners that do this, please take some time to pay some devs or something to make a gamemode that will attract people not by the ftop or istop, but by the sheer creativity and thought put into the game.

tldr - most servers these days are pay-to-win, cookie cutter templates that are designed to make a couple bucks for little effort. 90% of them include one of these 3 gamemodes, skyblock, prison, or factions. (sometimes survival)

Servers are basically businesses. They're going to do whatever makes the most sense in the current market, which means having game modes that people want to play. It's basic economics.
Not all these gamemodes have been around forever. Spleef and hunger games were popular when I used to play, but I haven't seen them mentioned in years (hunger games was basically a modified battle royale though, but before PUBG and Fortnite were around).
If you're tired of these game modes, just stop playing. Once enough people stop playing them, new ones will come.

 

[CtrlAltTr0ll]

same!