How do you think MCSG will end?

[Thapple_]

easier to join games = more normal players = less room for everyone to join a game = more donor = more money = more servers = easier to join games.



Profit implies that MCSG has enough money to pay for the server, with leftover money. For example, say I had a lemonade stand where I sold cups of lemonade for $1 each. Pretend that it takes 10 lemons, costing at 50 cents each lemon to make 15 cups of lemonade. In addition to that, I can buy a pack of 20 cups for $3 dollars. This would mean that To make 15 cups of lemonade, it would cost me around $8 to buy the lemons and cups. If I sold all 15 cups, I would have $15. That is a profit. If MCSG ran out of profits, we would still have money to support the servers, just not have money leftover for candy and such.



more donor = more money = more servers = easier to join games = more normal players = less room for everyone to join a game = more donor

They might be more people playing on the server, But not as many donors. So a bigger server with more people, but less paying people :/

 

[BetaPuffle]

easier to join games = more normal players = less room for everyone to join a game = more donor = more money = more servers = easier to join games.
Fair point but mostly people buy donator for joining full lobby's but more servers mean the lobby's aren't exactly full as quickly anymore meaning there could be a decrease in donator purchases.



Profit implies that MCSG has enough money to pay for the server, with leftover money. For example, say I had a lemonade stand where I sold cups of lemonade for $1 each. Pretend that it takes 10 lemons, costing at 50 cents each lemon to make 15 cups of lemonade. In addition to that, I can buy a pack of 20 cups for $3 dollars. This would mean that To make 15 cups of lemonade, it would cost me around $8 to buy the lemons and cups. If I sold all 15 cups, I would have $15. That is a profit. If MCSG ran out of profits, we would still have money to support the servers, just not have money leftover for candy and such.



more donor = more money = more servers = easier to join games = more normal players = less room for everyone to join a game = more donor

 

[slasherxtreme]

They might be more people playing on the server, But not as many donors. So a bigger server with more people, but less paying people :/

The more people join, the tougher it will be for people to join since there is more people. This will mean people will have to donate to join games. The donations will open more servers and more people will be able to join. The cycle repeats.

 

[Hystericallify]

I cri everytim

Like dis if u cri everytim

 

[Thapple_]

The more people join, the tougher it will be for people to join since there is more people. This will mean people will have to donate to join games. The donations will open more servers and more people will be able to join. The cycle repeats.

Well Slasher, You have beaten me. GG

 

[Hystericallify]

more donor = more money = more servers = easier to join games = more normal players = less room for everyone to join a game = more donor

Don't forget that the population of Minecraft that also likes these kind of gametypes are limited. More servers will actually mean that there's more free space making it easier to join games. I mean a 100 server for NA and EU is pretty huge and some are considerably empty at times. Already signifying that there's a lack of players available. If only it was possible to take down some of the servers to invest in other aspects.

EDIT #1: Then there's the factor of people disliking these kind of gametypes. Survival Games and the likes will soon fall out of the favor of the community and other much more entertaining gametypes will arise.

EDIT #2: Also, as far as I've experienced, some communities doesn't dissolve because of just simply falling out of favor. Some actually improve themselves by so much it's different from what you've played when you first joined it in it's baby stages, therefore making people dislike it because it's just not the same anymore.

So to conclude, I think that MCSG will end in the same way any other thing will end. It'll fall out of favor and something better and entertaining will take it's place.

(Also this post is a small tribute to the late G33ke)

 

[ExKing]

I hope chad's children will continue...

 

[Thapple_]

I hope chad's children will continue...

They will continue the legacy! He will name his children Peeta and Katniss....

 

[slasherxtreme]

Don't forget that the population of Minecraft that also likes these kind of gametypes are limited. More servers will actually mean that there's more free space making it easier to join games. I mean a 100 server for NA and EU is pretty huge and some are considerably empty at times. Already signifying that there's a lack of players available. If only it was possible to take down some of the servers to invest in other aspects.

"If you build it, nerds will come" - The Benchwarmers. Also if a server becomes dead weight, I'm sure there's a way for us to cancel paying for it or something and use that money for another region. The owners of cubed host are our devs?.

 

[Hystericallify]

"If you build it, nerds will come" - The Benchwarmers. Also if a server becomes dead weight, I'm sure there's a way for us to cancel paying for it or something and use that money for another region. The owners of cubed host are our devs?.

To be honest, that last sentence in the first paragraph didn't make any sense, tbh (wrote that while listening to songs).

 

[Lively]

Here's my theory. MCSG will continually get popular. More and more servers are added until we have close to one thousand different servers in different regions around the world. Eventually, the servers will be so popular, it will be nigh impossible to get in a game unless you have the donor rank. There will be a few donors as always, but soon, it will be impossible for even them to get in a game because so many people have donor.

The players begin to thin out. Regular members have left a long time ago because they couldn't join games, or they have upgraded to a donor, only to find that, even with donor, they can't join games. They start to leave. After a few more weeks, close to a tenth of the players have left to find other servers, available servers. MCSG has stopped bringing in enough money to fund the servers. Two hundred and fifty servers are closed throughout the world. More people leave because when those servers closed, they couldn't find games to play anymore.

The pattern continues for many months. Drop a few servers here, drop a few there. Zedchase is the first gamemode to completely vanish. MCTF2 quickly follows. After many more months, MCSG is down to 250 servers worldwide, as well as the survival and creative servers. Mod applications have stopped flowing in by the bucketful, they now trickle in like a small stream during a drought. The moderator process is pushed aside for a more streamlined version, in the hopes that it can bring in new mods quicker because many staff members have been lost by the wayside.

Of the YouTubers, Joey closed his channel due to some scandal. Tomahawk gets too many strikes and is forced to stop producing material. Blamph shows up on occasion, but he's much too busy with life now to do much in minecraft. Bajan was unbanned in the hopes that it would bring attention back to the servers, but he doesn't care, and neither do his fans.

Everyday, less people are playing. MCSG is down to less than one hundred and fifty servers. There are no AS servers, there are no AU servers. There are a few CA servers left, but they're dying out and will be abandoned soon. It's such a small community now. Everyone knows everyone else. People are still leaving the community.

Another month passes. Canadian servers are gone, there are only a few European servers left as well. You see hackers quite often, but you can't report them because the website was shut down, due to inactivity. You would send an Email to Anster or Life, but you lost that address a long time ago. A few more weeks pass, and all the Eu servers are gone. You're down to only 10 servers, and you play the hell out of them. You see Chad all the time now.

Another week down the road, and Chad regretfully informs all the remaining players that he can't fund the servers for another month. You all mark a certain date on your calendars, the last game of MCSG. You log on a few days later for that game. You see Chad, Life, Anster, Sixzo, Blamph, NoahSailor, Zietra, Duckluv, Forairain, Sub, Bic, Col Star,and some others. BajanCanadian even came back to honor the servers he once enjoyed so much. You all wait in the lobby. Everyone on the server is courteous, but distant. The weight of what is about to happen is beginning to fall on you and the other players. You spawn in.

You look around in wonder at the last map made by Team Elite. They made it specifically for the final game of MCSG before their build server was shutdown. It's beautiful. You can tell that they put every ounce of skill, every drop of experience, every tear, every grain of their being into this map. The game starts and you all rush spawn. Nobody wants to kill anybody. A half hour passes. During that time, you did nothing but wander the map. No one died. You guess it was because they didn't have the heart to fight each other. Deathmatch starts. You all go at it. One by one, tributes fall, including you. You watch the remaining fights carry on.

Eventually, a victor emerges. You congratulate each other on a well fought battle, and the other players start to leave. You hit the pause button, and your cursor hovers over the disconnect button. You can feel tears welling, and you start to sniffle. You force your hand to press the button, and you disconnect. On the server, only Ant, Life, and Chad remain. They talk for awhile, then Ant disconnects. Life talks with Chad about all the good times they had on these servers. Life leaves. Chad is the only one left in the server now. He waits and waits, in the desperate hope that someone will join. No one does.

Chad takes one last look around his server, and he disconnects.

Perhaps in another day, in another year, somebody will have the bright idea of making a Hunger games based minecraft server, but MCSG will be gone. Nothing is left aside from memories and friends.

 

[Hystericallify]

Here's my theory. MCSG will continually get popular. More and more servers are added until we have close to one thousand different servers in different regions around the world. Eventually, the servers will be so popular, it will be nigh impossible to get in a game unless you have the donor rank. There will be a few donors as always, but soon, it will be impossible for even them to get in a game because so many people have donor.

The players begin to thin out. Regular members have left a long time ago because the couldn't join games, or they have upgraded to a donor, only to find that, even with donor, they can't join games. They start to leave. After a few more weeks, close to a tenth of the players have left to find other servers, available servers. MCSG has stopped bringing in enough money to fund the servers. Two hundred and fifty servers are closed throughout the world. More people leave because when those servers closed, they couldn't find games to play anymore.

The pattern continues for many months. Drop a few servers here, drop a few there. Zedchase is the first gamemode to completely vanish. MCTF2 quickly follows. After many more months, MCSG is down to 250 servers worldwide, as well as the survival and creative servers. Mod applications have stopped flowing in by the bucketful, they now trickle in like a small stream during a drought. The moderator process is pushed aside for a more streamlined version, in the hopes that it can bring in new mods quicker because many staff members have been lost by the wayside.

Of the YouTubers, Joey closed his channel due to some scandal. Tomahawk gets too many strikes and is forced to stop producing material. Blamph shows up on occasion, but he's much too busy with life now to do much in minecraft. Bajan was unbanned in the hopes that it would bring attention back to the servers, but he doesn't care, and neither do his fans.

Everyday, less people are playing. MCSG is down to less than one hundred and fifty servers. There are no AS servers, there are no AU servers. There are a few CA servers left, but they're dying out and will be abandoned soon. It's such a small community now. Everyone knows everyone else. People are still leaving the community.

Another month passes. Canadian servers are gone, there are only a few European servers left as well. You see hackers quite often, but you can't report them because the website was shut down, due to inactivity. You would send an Email to Anster or Life, but you lost that address a long time ago. A few more weeks pass, and all the Eu servers are gone. You're down to only 10 servers, and you play the hell out of them. You see Chad all the time now.

Another week down the road, and Chad regretfully informs all the remaining players that he can't fund the servers for another month. You all mark a certain date on your calendars, the last game of MCSG. You log on a few days later for that game. You see Chad, Life, Anster, Sixzo, Blamph, NoahSailor, Zietra, Duckluv, Forairain, Sub, Bic, Col Star,and some others. BajanCanadian even came back to honor the servers he once enjoyed so much. You all wait in the lobby. Everyone on the server is courteous, but distant. The weight of what is about to happen is beginning to fall on you and the other players. You spawn in.

You look around in wonder at the last map made by Team Elite. They made it specifically for the final game of MCSG before their build server was shutdown. It's beautiful. You can tell that they put every ounce of skill, every drop of experience, every tear, every grain of their being into this map. The game starts and you all rush spawn. Nobody wants to kill anybody. A half hour passes. During that time, you did nothing but wander the map. No one died. You guess it was because they didn't have the heart to fight each other. Deathmatch starts. You all go at it. One by one, tributes fall, including you. You watch the remaining fights carry on.

Eventually, a victor emerges. You congratulate each other on a well fought battle, and the other players start to leave. You hit the pause button, and your cursor hover over the disconnect button. You can feel tears welling, and you start to sniffle. You force your hand to press the button, and you disconnect. On the server, only Ant, Life, and Chad remain. They talk for awhile, then Ant disconnects. Life talks with Chad about all the good times they had on these servers. Life leaves. Chad is the only one left in the server now. He waits and waits, in the desperate hope that someone will join. No one does.

Chad takes one last look around his server, and he disconnects.

Perhaps in another day, in another year, somebody will have the bright idea of making a Hunger games based minecraft servers, but MCSG will be gone. Nothing is left aside from memories and friends.

Oh god, let me get myself comfortable before reading that.

EDIT: Read everything, that's one of the most emotionally stimulating theories about endings I've ever seen. Hats down to you.

But to be honest, there's a huge thing you forgot in your theory. Minecraft itself. How will it end? Will MCSG's ending affect it? Because I think Minecraft itself will end in that timeframe.