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dawrene · 1 year

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and for now i just want to say i miss block wars origins and mcc so much 😓

and if you don't know about block wars, i'd love to introduce

block wars is a minecraft tournament made by (mostly) mcc testers, so their concept is somehow the same.

block wars contains 40 players, which were divided into 8 teams of 5, they will play 8 games base on minecraft skills to win the event, yeah i know they sound similar, bit what made block wars a potential event is that it is so much harder than mcc.

mcc is hard, and they also have different range of players, they have bedwars players, uhc players, speedrunners, builders, pvpers, or even non-minecrafters, but block wars was made by (kinda) mcc testers and their friends, so the event was a "little" bit more than that. after 15 seasons, block wars getting more and more recognized by bigger players such as captainsparklez or purpled, they split block wars into 2 events, one for the ccs, and one for the origins, or the friend that want to enjoy with friends.

block wars have pvp games such as extraction, skybolt (new game and i think it is fun), and battle with movement games like move, race, and other fun games: party, spleef (i hate this game), construction

and of course they have several dead (maybe) games or it was rotated/changed, i don't know like hunt (i love you no matter what they said), dropper, parkour (never come back please), crypt (you too)

every games is fun, and you can sense their friendship in the event and it was fun to see friends working together in a minecraft event having fun! that's the main reason why i spent a lot of time in december rewatching vods...

for someone who is really want to try out watching the event:

for better understanding about the game and you don't mind who you will be watching, you really should check out the first 15 seasons, they have unbelievably cracked players: firebreathman, dong_fortnite, itsfinnishdaniel, solawr, witheredflux, epicfh, gummywroms, ect. seapeekay also joined this event rather early!

if you just want to watch the mcc players or somewhat bigger cc, you can start the block wars 1 that was for ccs, but keep in mind most of them are new to the event so it may be a little bit confusing. but if you want to watch someone who is more familiar to the game in that event, you can check out firebreathman, wolfeei, mysticat, seapeekay, jojosolos, oli the orionsound, antfrost, 5up, princezam.

small note: BW1 was a very scuffed event, people keep crashing and they have to redo a lot. they don't usually have technical problems, it was unlucky that they have so much issues in their first ccs event lol

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also check out this hilarious tom hellicar play please

#block wars #minecraft #minecraft event #you should defintely check out #and probably follow witheredflux too!#Youtube

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riacte · 3 years

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MCC 9 Blue Bats is simultaneously overrated and underrated.

One thing that I find interesting is how the Blue Bats/ Lime Liches bias on the MCC subreddit appeared 3/4 months after MCC 9. It’s almost like after MCC went on hiatus, people start asking for POVs, people recommend Blue Bats, and suddenly everyone starts to realize how good they were. And the fun thing is that the Blue Bats didn’t even do anything. No reunion, no new analysis video popped up. The bias naturally happened. And to be fair, the OG Blue Bats/ Lime Liches fans have been around since Sep/ Nov, and they’ve always been fairly vocal, but now the bias suddenly comes out of nowhere.

The favouritism grows. Blue Bats is no longer just the special underdogs team for a small circle of fans. Blue Bats became Reddit’s new fav team following MCC 4 Purple. So people start hyping them up until some people admit Blue Bats wasn’t as good as a POV because it was overhyped, and people started voting for the Bats no matter what polls they were in. I’ve seen Blue Bats be rated better than several very strong teams, and it vexed me even as a mega Bats fan.

Because the point of the Bats is that they were (rightfully) underrated before MCC 9. They weren’t meant to be the strongest team. They were the underdogs.

MCC 9 Blue Bats is overrated because their performance is not the most technically impressive. Yes, they were good, but not THAT good. The subreddit said they had potential, but put them 6th only because there were better teams (I noticed this was the same reasoning Reddit had for MCC 13 Purple Penguins). Their raw PvP skills were nowhere near as good at the MCC 13 PvP teams. For team games, H is a good team leader, but I understand why people doubted the hermits (they hadn’t played competitively).

MCC 13 DB had more clutches and more excitement, so objectively, MCC 13 DB is the more “entertaining” reverse sweep. MCC 9 DB is slower paced, there was a back and forth between False and Green that went on for quiet a while. For the individual games (eg. TGTTOS, Parkour) even though the hermits improved a lot, Fruit and H were still ahead of them significantly. This is no one’s fault of course, everybody did their best. The Bats were doing decently (and tbh that’s enough to get them into DB), but their real breakthrough was Survival Games, which I think is NOT overrated. People like to use SG as an example of how the Bats got to DB unfairly, but the funny thing is, Blue Bats would only have HIGHER points with the new scoring. You literally can’t hate on the Bats for this. You just can’t.

Blue Bats POV is good, but there are more technically impressive POVs. Blue Bats POV is not exactly “mainstream entertainment”, since they don’t scream loudly or swear (which seems to common in current gaming content). False and Fruit are relatively quiet. And besides, if you watch the POV while knowing they’re going to win, it ruins the excitement and pure joy a little. Blue Bats OGs have long raved about how unexpected and amazing their win was, but if you’re a Bats newcomer, you know they’re gonna win. So I understand why people say Blue Bats is overrated.

BUT-

The whole point of the Blue Bats is that they’re not meant to be technically impressive. They’re not expected to win. They’re not a team of the best; they’re a ragtag team of a Dodgebolt loser, a speedrunner who skipped a MCC, and two non-PvPers who got ninth three times in a row. I’m pretty sure Scott wanted to nerf H, and that’s partially why he put him with the hermits.

You see, the backstory is essential for the Blue Bats experience. H lost MCC 8 despite his team getting first in coins. People were doubting Fruit after MCC 7. The hermits’ teams never got 5th place or above. I’m sure newcomers know this, but maybe they haven’t really felt it, and I don’t blame them one bit. That’s why the OG fans, who followed them before MCC 9, who watched their practice streams, were so freaking excited.

The Blue Bats were strong because they were strong together. This is best displayed in Survival Games. Not all four of them need to be superb in PvP or movement. Not all four of them need to have amazing technical skills. Yes, maybe H and Fruit did “carry” False and Ren as much as I hate that term, but the hermits pulled their own weight, and honestly? That’s more important than having four individually great people but with poor communication and tactics. Imagine having four great bowers but no one to loot chests. That team will fall apart. Maybe the Bats were lucky with SG. But I’m pretty sure with their chemistry and synergy, they’ll power through any team game.

One interesting thing about the How the Blue Bats Won MCC 9 video is that Frostbyte talked about the story, the interaction between the players rather than the technical skills of the players. In fact, Blue Bats were not very strong on paper compared to the other MCC 9 teams, and they kinda won through protagonist armour. The way their team is set up caused the hermits to depend on the other two, so they didn’t have a lot of arguments on tactics. Ren in particular was very eager to act as support, which he excelled in for SG and SOT under the leadership of H. Ren’s skills mattered, but what mattered more was his willingness to follow H.

That’s how the Blue Bats won. As cheesy as it is, it was through friendship and plot.

The story behind the Bats POV is what compels people to this day. They weren’t the strongest, nor were they objectively the most impressive POV. If you weren’t emotionally invested in them, you probably would just go “Oh cool. Survival Games domination. Neat.”

But they were a funky little team that vibed well together. They spectacularly won the game they most feared. Their POV is made dramatic by their fans, but in the end, it’s just four people having good time.

Sure, they’re currently overrated by Reddit. Even I think they’re a little overrated. But the MCC 9 Blue Bats are one of the most beloved MCC teams for good reason, and it’s not because they’re strong. It’s precisely because they weren’t the strongest, yet still somehow won.

#blue bats #hbomb94 #falsesymmetry #rendog #fruitberries #minecraft championship #mcc #ria.txt #mcyt #long post #help why is this so long

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dreamnotnapper · 3 years

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ok, listen. i will gladly hivemind about many things, but one of the things i will never hivemind about is mcc

i am way too invested in that block game tournament to not have my own opinions, and trust me i have a Lot of opinions after sapnaps stream

(this will be very long, feel free to ignore. also, this is all typed up on mobile so i am so sorry)

the most prominent things is when he said he thinks he should be an s-tier, and when he said he thinks cyan is the best team

1. i dont think sapnap is an s-tier. god forbid i post this on twitter where everyone thinks he should be, but genuinely i dont. he is definitely the closest non s tier player to s tier, but i dont think hes s tier yet. i dont have stats on hand (bc im not a Nerd /j), but comparatively, sapnap isnt as good. hes one of the best pvpers and parkour players, yes. but hes pretty weak in build mart, rocket spleef and bingo, and hes decent at ace race and hole in the wall. a question we have to ask ourselves when ranking sapnap, is he at the same level as the other s-tiers? is he as good as pete, quig, fruit, techno, and dream? so far, all current s-tiers have: won at least 1 mcc, had 1st individual at least once and have 3000+ average coins. sapnap has only achieved the first. another thing is that sapnap isnt balance the way an s-tier is balanced. most notably, pete, fruit and quig are all balanced with weaker teams. pete and fruit are commonly teamed with hermits, when not with hermits pete is with b tiers or below, and quig is usually put on for fun teams (techno hasnt played in a canon mcc in a while so i cant rly say how hes balanced nowadays). sapnap isnt balanced this way, he isnt put on weaker teams. if anything, hes put on teams where someone else helps take up a leader role. mcc15, he'll most likely co-lead with dream, mcc14 he had punz, mcc13 he had dave krtzyy, (i dont remember his mcc12 team), mcc11 he had dream, etc.

so sapnap hasn't gotten 1st individual or 3000+ average coins, and scott doesnt balance him the way he balances the other s-tiers therefore i dont think sapnap is an s-tier. however, if he continues improving the way he is now, i believe he will be s-tier eventually. dont say that i'm too hard on him and that my requirements are too harsh because i'm a firm believer that once a player is s-tier, they dont leave (unless they just fuck up that bad, in multiple consecutive mccs)

2. i think sapnaps prediction of cyan being 1st is wrong. first of all, theres a reason why nearly the entire subreddit predicts cyan to be lower on the leaderboard, and its not because the subreddit is biased or playing an elaborate prank. i think both sapnap and dream really overestimate cyans abilities, especially with 2 new players. both dream and sapnap agreed that wisp is cracked, 5up is cracked, antfrost isnt bad, and scott is decent. the stats kind of do tell a different story though. again, i dont have the stats on hand, i only have what i remember from posts ive seen on the subreddit so take what i say here with a grain of salt. i dont think wisp is as cracked as dreamnap think he is. wisp has only played in (iirc, and if the subreddit was correct) 3 events, and his first 2 were very average with his mcc14 performance being the outlier. another thing is that they have two new players. that is not going to be easy. when you look at new players that joined after mcc began getting more competitive, youll see that they always underperform during their debut mcc. take illumina, for example. illumina is one of the best speedrunners in minecraft. he spent hours practicing and studying vods to optimize his performance. iirc, his first mcc he got 17th. that is already impressive, especially for a debut but his next placement was 5th. that is a huge improvement. 5up and antfrost are no illuminas, they dont have the same skill that he does. if illumina couldnt get top 15 during his debut, there is no way 5up and antfrost will during theirs like dream and sapnap predicted they would. the last thing i wanted to say about this is that 5up can practice all he wants on the practice server. he can get himself acquainted with ace race mechanics and the environment of battle box and parkour tag, but the practice server =/= the real event. no amount of time on the practice server can prepare new players to the atmosphere and pressure of the real event

thats my rant over, thank you if you stuck around. also really sorry if you stuck around, i doubt my thoughts were very coherent as its 4:30am. but yeah, i just wanted to get my thoughts out because sapnap and dream discussing mcc predictions made me very frustrated. especially since their predictions were all based on their initial thoughts on the teams and absolutely zero statistical analysis. absolute himbos, the two of them /lh

#if youre reading this have a good day/night #make sure you hydrate and take care of yourself #mcc #idk if this is the kind of thing people will read in the mcc tag but its about mcc so im tagging it as that #enjoy whatever tf this was mcc tag lurkers #good night im so tired #》 storms ahead

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mccislovemccislife · 2 years

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Cerulean Candy Canes

(general thoughts and predictions)

as promised, here's a more in depth post about my thoughts on the cerulean candy canes! this is analyzed based on the current team (which has fruit instead of h).

starting with awesamdude, we already know that he's pretty cracked at the game (he's one of The Hunters, after all), and since there has been a manhunt recently, he's most likely been practicing his skills and is in good shape for the tournament. i can see him being really good at support and comms, and a lifesaver in grid runners- his redstone experience will most likely give him a great deal of intuition when it comes to the puzzles used by noxcrew. i'm putting him individually in the 10s range, maybe closer to 20th since he doesn't have experience in the event, but i genuinely do believe in him.

fruit is an all around great player and one of the best at movement in the whole event. he's also a good strategic pvper, and could be the key to the teams success in sky battle and battle box. i haven't watched gumi's perspective yet, but i know she's so far only come somewhere in the 30s range individually, so hopefully we see a bit of improvement from her now that she's gotten into the groove of the event. i also know she's pretty cracked at valorant- although it's vastly different to minecraft, there are some similarities (for example, accuracy and good reflexes are really good things to have in pvp).

ryguyrocky is the last member of the team! he hasn't played so far in season 2, barring non-canon events, one of which (mcc pride 2021) he won and came in the top 10 individual. from what i know, he's somewhat of an underrated player, great with accuracy and movement. he ties the team together as having very clear strengths and weaknesses, rather than being an all-around team.

based on all of this, and fruit replacing h-bomb, my prediction is that the placing will stay the same but the playing will not. hbomb is much more of a unifier and leader, whereas fruit relies on raw skill. neither of these is a bad approach, but it's interesting to see how this will change the team's performance. my guess is that instead of being pretty alright all around, the team will excel in games like parkour tag and tgttos, and do pretty mediocre at all the other stuff.

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