So... just some of my thoughts.

Hello everyone,
Brawl in my opinion still has lots of potential it just needs to be set in the right direction. Over the last couple weeks I've took the time to write out some of my thoughts. I've come up with a couple ideas that may help contribute to repopulating the server, and instead of spamming the forums with a bunch of threads, I've condensed it all down to this one. Here it is.

Build

Spoiler: Build

Ok, let's talk about build. Although It's a really good game mode for the creative mode casual players (imo). I do find that we can do a lot more. Build throughout the day gets max 10 players at a time but it is pretty silent, nothing happens, and players just go on their way building their things. For the average player I'd say that it gets pretty stale. That's why I feel that build could really benefit from a little bit of spice. I think we should bring back in game build events like we've done far in the past such as build competitions. These would last the entire month (or whatever time frame we want) and winner would win a prize like elite or something and be featured in the brawl news. Build also produces a lot of casual ctf maps from the community, for players to play on, so why not have "build competitions" by category depending on what the staff team is looking for, doesn't have to be ctf maps, that was just a suggestion. Like halloween spawns, party maps, ctf maps, etc. IMO this can help "freshen" up the game throughout all the servers as we'll have more maps to play on. I think Build and Brawl as a whole will benefit from something remotely on these lines, and it might even interest more people in playing.

Party

Spoiler: Party

Party. This server has so much potential, yet no one touches it. It is the most interesting game mode we have for casuals, it's interactive, creative and overall fun for the community. The maps are fun, mini games are creative but the game modes on there are the exact same as they were years ago. Party literally hasn't changed in years. In my opinion, (and I know me just saying this won't change anything) we need more. This doesn't need to be just new games (although that'll be a plus) but even things like new Mario Kart tracks, new One in the chamber maps. Just new maps in general will freshen it up. Party has the potential to grow, I know it, everyone else knows it, It just hasn't. And I get it, coming up with new ideas for mini games is hard, trust me, I've done it. So maybe if the staff took suggestions for new mini games, maybe that would help out a little bit? As for new maps, we could use my previous build idea to get the build community inspired and involved.

War

Spoiler: War

IMO, as sad as it is, war should shut down non-perminatly. These days I honestly Never see anyone ever playing it making it unplayable. I think we temporarily get rid of it and replace it with something else. If Brawls numbers get back up to the point where it's playable, we can bring it back. It's hard to get rid of it considering the nostalgia but that put aside. For now, it's time to say goodbye and make way for something new imo

Something new

Spoiler: New gamemode

Ok, this is just a suggestion, I think brawl can benefit from a new game mode replacing War I don't expect it to be added.
I've had this idea on the back burner for quite some time. It's a 10-50 player co-op based survival game. Basically there are 2 phases. first wave is prep time (about 5 mins?) after there will be a wave of hostile mobs like zombies, skeletons, spiders, creepers attacking your "camp" that scale as you progress. These waves alternate until everyone is dead or the final boss is defeated (wither) in which a prize of tokens (or something) will be awarded to each surviving player. In order to progress, you're gonna need defenses, gear, (maybe guns from the war plugin??????) That's why there's classes, Miner, Blacksmith, Builder and Farmer/lumberjack (we can add more roles). You could play any one of these roles to aid your group. During battle phase, The mine gets shut and work tables are inaccessible. Basically everyone is around to fight off the horde.

The Roles (we can expand on them)
- Miners will collect materials such as cobblestone which can be dropped off to the builders to build walls and defenses. They can also collect materials like iron and diamonds to give to the blacksmith, in order to create swords and armor.
- Blacksmiths will take the materials gathered from the Miners and farmers to create swords, bows (using string dropped by spiders), arrows and armor for a better chance of survival.
- Builders can dig trenches, build walls using shovels provided by the blacksmith, and blocks provided by miners.
for wool.
- Farmers gather wood for sticks, and kill cows provided by spawners for food. (steak heals you just like in ctf).

You can use your tokens you've won to upgrade your classes ex: miner starts with efficiency 1 iron pick or blacksmith starts with better armor.
The waves (mobs)
- Zombies - Attacks player. 2x faster than normal after round 5, base health, base damage. gives slowness and hunger effect.
- Skeletons - Attacks player from afar. base damage base health. deals bleed damage.
- Spiders - Climb your walls, gives slowness and poison.
- Creepers - blows holes in walls to allow mobs through. prioritizes cobblestone(what walls will be
made of) will target players. Stuns upon explosion.

So that's my game mode. Feel free to add on to it.

I know that the server probably won't ever get back to the way it was. These were just my ideas and you're welcome to expand on them. If you're gonna reply please let me know which one you're replying to.

 

I agree with pretty much everything you said here. Everything you added on sounds pretty promising.
For Build

Spoiler: Build

I agree, maybe maps ctf maybe aren't the best idea to start with (maybe party ones?) Maybe in terms of build competitions or events in general should be built along some sort of a theme, like for Christmas it would be Christmas themed. To keep it fair I think a voting system should be implemented where players and staff can vote for who wins.

Party

Spoiler: Parts

Everything said I will agree on. I have one issue with rotating games though. I'm just worried if we did do a rotation system so frequently that, people would run out of creativity "energy" eventually. Unless maybe if we had a group of 20 or so different games where we keep the popular ones in and cycle in and out a few at a time. I also really think a voting system for what game is next could be neat. Kind of like in COD, when you're in a queue, and there's two maps you can vote for or choose random.

New Game

Spoiler: New Game

I like the scaling difficulty based off amount players a lot. Like if there's say 5 people in, mobs won't give status effects like bleed or do less damage. A nether round could be cool too, maybe if we had it trigger every 3 rounds. I like the idea of ghasts coming by and blowing your base up while pig men rush in. It makes it more necessary for the blacksmith to be craft bows for everyone. Overall It sounds pretty interesting to me. As for the brewer, I think it would be interesting but I think having 2 nether roles would be needed for that. Maybe a Demon, runs into the nether where there's a small nether fortress containing warts, blazes, etc. He grabs nether supplies to then deliver to the "brewer" to make potions for everyone.