This might sound like a stupid idea to everyone that play here but hear me out: I have been a competitive player on Skyblock servers for a long while, with a lot of winnings and I can see a potential for skyblock.net in the competitive scene. The server has been living for over 7 years and it's getting boring to everyone and I think everyone can agree, all we do is make a shop, get grass, build and build more, get rares, and pretty much AFK. Ranks have barely any use other than flying and enchanting perks unless you want to pay 200$+ for a donor rank for extra perks. Why not make a new gamemode on skyblock.net that has monthly payouts and resets and unique ideas? I can confidently say Skyblock.net is most experienced in SkyBlock and encountered a lot of ideas over the course of 7+ years, and I can say that the developers, admins have a lot of ideas that they would like to implement in the server but they are just no-match for the playing style of the modes that Skyblock has to offer. A competitive gamemode would be like a rebirth to Skyblock.net and then the player-count would skyrocket. Skyblock Survival, economy, classic won't be effected, but this is just a nice concept and people can finally enjoy a balanced economy that is server-chosen and get competitive to get a payout at the end of every month.
I've always loved skyblock for its sheer relaxed and chilled gamemodes. Donor ranks are not required to become rich or any of that. Sure they have extra perks that non-ranked players don't have, but only to reward those who donate to the server. I can see where you are coming from, eventually the server gets boring, you end up doing the same thing on loop and it gets extremely repetitive. I believe that as soon as you include a competitive gamemode on skyblock, that simiplicity and calm community, turns into a bunch of players only wanting to make money from the game, when in reality, most of us are here for that friendly community and relaxed game style. Whilst some people may not feel the same way, after talking to a lot of the community members, most of them agree to being here mainly for the community. When I get bored on skyblock, I try to come up with a new project, something that will keep me occupied for a decent amount of time, such as making a new island, making a new shop, creating a new casino, etc. I've also tried to get into economy and see how I enjoy that. Personally, I don't like the idea of adding a competitive gamemode in skyblock as it just seems like something that not necessary for the server at the moment, maybe just some new updates to our current servers to keep players occupied. No support
Hm, as I mentioned, skyblock survival, economy, classic would not get effected, it is merely for the competitive players that skyblock.net is missing out on, barely any new players stick around, mostly get bored and leave. If you're here to chill and relax, you can go to survival, economy, classic; but if you're here to get competitive and battle it out, then the new gamemode would be your go. Communities won't mix, you'll see the hardcore players who can use the game mechanics to their advantage on the new gamemode, and you'd be surprised of how huge the community would get if they implement this gamemode, and the casual players would go to the other modes that are there. And competitive players are not monsters, they're players just like us, wanting to chill and relax, with an extra will to establish themselves as the best. As of right now, the best are considered with the most money, in the competitive mode, the best would be established from how good your mechanics are, grinders, and more.
It's just my personal opinion, I can understand your opinion on it but from my perspective I don't see it as a good addition to the skyblock network. I just explained my personal opinion on the suggestion at hand which is why they are public on forums, so that people can share their own opinions on it. I see where you are coming from on the basis of it not affecting the economy, skyblock and classic communities, but I also think that competitive skyblock isn't a necessary addition. In no way am I calling people whom might've chosen to play it monsters, but it ultimately just makes it a competition which isn't what skyblock is about. Skyblock isn't really the type of gamemode that needs to be competitive, it's about the long lasting and everchanging economy, buying and selling and all that. Like I said, this is just my take on the idea, I'm not criticising it or denying you the ability to have your own opinion, I just expressed myself on the idea. I like the sound of it, but I just don't think it's something that I'd be interested in seeing added. We only recently got a new server (/skyblock), 2 years ago, I think even adding a new game this early on would be a big skip.
2 years is a lot of time, people want a change. The skyblock community is chill, but some people play it for the fun of the competition, getting grass nowadays has no purpose, just to flex, people will start to quit, and soon, all the "OG" will barely come on, we already saw it with drogo, haberson mostly always afk and restocks his shop, other players only talk in chat. I can understand people just want to talk, but what's the difference then between the skyblock server, and a Discord community? The community won't change, and it will only get better and bigger. Skyblock is long lasting, and it will remain long lasting. The economy might get changed every reset since competitive networks reset the servers every 1-3 months. A competitive mode in my opinion is just a large server where tons of people want to be declared #1 every month and keep competing and let the network be active. I'm sure you can agree that only 1-10 people ever talk in chat in skyblock, and the newbies barely have a voice compared to the "donors". The competitive server would give a chance to those who are new to make a name for themselves.
I only replied to leave my remarks on the suggestion you presented. I've said what I needed to say and I didn't reply to start a debate or argument on my own personal opinion. When suggesting things, you can't expect everyone to be in agreeance with the idea, and there is no real need to rebut what someone has said. I'm not trying to start a debate on the idea, if you'd like to further discuss the idea, my discord is open and I'd rather take it there instead of flooding the suggestion, thank you Discord: Mizzo#3189
This wraps it up for me to be honest. I personally enjoy the server for it’s calm gamemodes and the opportunity for open creativity. Making a competition like game mode and it’s not very Norma for a Skyblock server. I wouldn’t think this would boost the server at all. No support, this is my opinion.
support i always wanted a competitive gamemode to play with the vanilla experience that skyblock offers
Yeah we need something new. Whatever it is I hope a new game mode that is more fair and balanced happens and it’s nice and competitive in a better way than wealth
The mode could have little conditions, and the winner could get little rewards on their main island. Like, one month you have to build the best island within 20x20x20 space, or the next you have to make the best island with only 2 stacks of Cobble, etc.
That might be a good idea for a weekly/monthly challenge, but my main go was a top island with value, and the best use of the game mechanics and overall creativity. It's a good idea! I love it too. +1
Prison is a seperate gamemode and skywars is a minigame, a competitive skyblock would be normal islands as we know them with teams and the best are the ones who use the game mechanics to their advantage to make the most money, unlike survival right now where the rich are the donors and the well-known, the new gamemode would be non-p2w as it should have equal chances for everyone who joins even if they're a newbie, and the best are the most experienced in minecraft and it's mechanics, farm making, etc.
Judging from their tweets about new things coming soon to skyblock I really hope we get something new like a new gamemode or events happening once a week/month etc
Just quickly on this, you mention p2w. The point of skyblock, and more specifically skyblock.net, is just to build a cool island with the few limitations set, such as building limits and material sourcing. There is no real way to be 'rich'. If u want to be more competitive on a skyblock server, aim to build the best island, don't be the 'richest'. People often falsely believe that this server is p2w, but honestly, you can't really pay for the memories and satisfaction that come with building a sick island. On the initial suggestion, I think it would be cool if they incorporated a gamemode that included time limits for builds, perhaps with themes too, and a judging process. The person who builds the best island in the time limit wins some sort of prize, perhaps this can be transferable to the corresponding server the player primarily plays. Although, this would be very similar to a popular mini game known as build battle.
That is not what I meant by the competitive gamemode, it would be a normal skyblock, building an good island might be a special event, but the aim of the mode is to use what the server has to offer, the materials, economy, and the game mechanics (farms etc.) to your advantage to become the best island on the server and the top #1 island in value (most spawners placed, blocks, etc.) can win a cash prize (might it be buycraft or Paypal) such as #1 - 100$ PayPal, #2 50$ PayPal & 25$ Buycraft, #3 25$ Buycraft (just an example for clarification) And I did not mean that the server is p2w as is, I meant that whatever the case is, the competitive scene (gamemode) should never be p2w for equal chances.
So you're basically suggesting the introduction of a new server, similar to net, with the implication of a prize to be won for being number one on the equivalent of /is top?
Speedruns for completing all classic skyblock challenges They are listed on the original release of the map.
similar to net? it's just a new gamemode, not a new server? and yeah for /is top you can get rewards but they're not only dependant on how big the island is, but how costly the island is, and the economy shouldn't be a block like grass, but money like economy, and spawners, value blocks (ore blocks for example) should increase the value.
