The History of Minecrafts Most POPULAR Minigames…

Minecraft has a rich history of game modes or minigames which have accumulated great popularity throughout the years some of which were so popular that they took over youtube and became the focus of many popular minecraft youtubers content as time went on some evolved and became so advanced that they are almost

Unrecognizable from their original form some changed for the better receiving dozens of updates whereas some changed for the worse corrupted by greedy minecraft server owners who attempted to monetize them in any way possible today we’re going to go through some minecraft’s most popular and well-known mini-games and game modes of all time

And briefly talk about their history and rise to popularity then we’re going to look at where they are today and if they stood the test of time or changed forever so let’s get right into it so i decided that for this video we’re gonna go in rough order of

Age or time of invention this means that our first mini game or game mode on this list is spleef probably the only minecraft game mode which existed since 2009. due to its age the inventors or pioneers of displeased game mode are slightly disputed but according to the minecraft

Wiki green slimy penta clam and morris were the original designers after locating maurice’s old minecraft forums account he states that he only formally invented it though referencing another player by the name of video game programmer who was active in an old tig forum sub category for minecraft in 2009

But anyways the game mode was officially invented on june the 22nd 2009 only about a month after minecraft’s original creation and was popularized when notch himself played it and made a tumblr post about it i located some old videos of splee from 2009 from a user by the name of citrix

Squids which saw some of the first ever spleef games being played back then there were no plugins or methods of automatically resetting the spleef arena so whenever a game finished all the players had to manually rebuild the floor again the spleef arenas are also quite small compared to what we see

Today and some of them also featured multiple layers spleef remained a popular gamemode throughout minecraft’s earlier years and it was common to see a multitude of servers including survival smps having a spleef arena so players could challenge one another eventually in late 2012 the gamer was picked up by other minigame servers who

Decided to innovate with it multiple spin-offs such as splag where you shoot eggs into the blocks to destroy them and even versions with abilities power-ups and items were created but even after all this innovation the game mode couldn’t keep up with the changing minecraft landscape and many popular servers such as high

Pixel mineplex don’t actually have the original split but rather spin-offs the gamemode really took a hit in popularity after some time as many players would get bored of it at its core spleef was a simple game mode and unlike many other popular game modes such as hunger games

It wasn’t really as intense or fun to play meaning that it dropped off in popularity relatively fast but nevertheless there are still servers such as spleef league which are dedicated to og spleef and it’s good to see that they carry on its legacy now if you want even more info about belief

Then i made a video a couple months back specifically for it so go check that out but moving on now to our next game mode one of the most recognized or even most popular of all time one which absolutely dominated youtube and was a talk of every minecraft channel for years

But before we do if you’re enjoying the video then consider subscribing and trying to get to 100k by the end of the year but no pressure though alright so if you haven’t guessed it already the next game mode on minigame on this list is survival games or as it

Is more commonly known these days hunger games the original survival games map called sg1 was created by a small build team called team varied in early april of 2012. this map was based largely on the actual hunger games movie featuring a small chord ucopia ruins scattered around the map and loot

Hidden in trees or other structures the map was relatively large roughly about a thousand by one thousand blocks and the goal of the game was to kill or be killed where the last player standing wins the survival games got massive recognition when popular minecraft youtubers at the time such as ant venom

Captain sparkles and syndicate project played a game altogether on the 17th of april 2012 which was organized and run by machinima and is cupcake this was the first time hunger games had been broadcast to such a large audience and as a result dozens of players wanted to try it for

Themselves and servers were set up to run it one notable server from this time is mcsg which began in april of 2012 and would host multiple survival games for the public back then there was no lobby or hub to join from you would have to join directly through a server list on the

Internet eventually the server evolved into the mcgamer network and included other game modes such as uhc and more new hunger games maps however in 2016 during minecraft’s decrease in popularity the server shut down due to lack of players these days hunger games is still seen on almost every big server but the game

Mode is no longer the same these days hunger games is plagued by kits and other in-game items which make the game unfair and pay to win high picture doesn’t even run the original hunger games but rather a spin-off called blitz survival games which is definitely an acquired taste and is really lacking the

Core elements of hunger games featuring only a small map kits and other overpowered items mineplex’s hunger games is not too bad but once again it’s played by kits and also cheaters the best server to play og survive the games on is the hive which still has many of the older maps and

Doesn’t have any kits or ways to gain in-game advantages being the last server to keep the original style of survival games alive the next game mode we’re going to cover today is none other than the walls the walls is a four player game mode where a small map is

Divided into four quadrants and each player has to gather resources and get prepared as after 10 minutes the walls come down and it’s a fight to the death created by hypixel the map was initially released in mid 2012 and gained popularity as it was easy for players to

Set up and run by themselves without the need for a public server or any plugins all it required was four players and the flick of one lever to play it also gained popularity as it was released by hypixel who was building quite a reputation at the time for fun

Adventure maps with his release of herobrine’s mansion and the withers challenge considering the hypixel server also saw a decent popularity it was almost guaranteed to become popular once it was added besides that it was a new and original concept which drew lots of interest now the original game mode with the

Original walls map is no longer available in high pixel or other popular minigame servers but fortunately high pixels still have a similar classic version of the walls which people can play in their classic games lobby however this version includes way more than just four players and also has weirdly generated custom maps rather

Than the original while the original is no longer available newer versions such as mega walls which were inspired by the original walls are still quite popular but like hunger games mega walls is plagued by kits and other in-game purchases which give certain players substantial advantages and the magic of the original walls

Is gone moving on now we have one of the biggest game modes in minecraft history uhc or ultra hardcore uhcs follow many formats and the rules and technicalities of the game mode change from server to server but basically a large group of players often upwards of 70 or 80

Are placed in a randomly generated 2000 by 2000 block world where they have a certain period of time about 10 to 20 minutes to gear up before pvp is turned on like hunger games the last man standing wins now another quirk of uhc is the fact that you don’t naturally regenerate

Health meaning that if you take damage the only way to get back that health is through golden apples or potions this makes the game mode substantially more difficult especially so for newer players which is why it normally attracts more seasoned veterans anyways the gamemode was actually first

Invented by some of the members of the minecraft group but it was a bit different back in 2012 instead of trying to kill each other the first uhc had the goal of killing the enderdragon without being able to regenerate health it wasn’t until the minecracker’s third

Uhc that we would see a similar format today with each trying to kill each other to be the last man or team standing after it gained significant popularity through youtube as minecraft was very popular back then people began wanting to play it themselves and a subreddit was set up just for this

On the r ultra hardcore reddit games would be organized very often where dates and times would be given instead of joining through a hub like we have today any member of the public was able to join or host the game and gradually uhcs got more and more popular

Eventually the gamemode was adopted by large servers such as badline which used their knowledge and resources to refine the gamemode making it accessible for an even larger audience these days however uhcs are most popular on high pixel who once again added kits and other unlockables to it which many players disliked

Nevertheless the gamemode is still relatively enjoyable as long as you don’t run into cheaters bed wars is probably the most popular modern minigame and actually didn’t originate on the high pixel server initially called rush the game would saw popularity in late 2012. similar to the bed wars we have today

Two teams of four players would attempt to bridge over to one another team’s base and destroy their bet the original rush game mode was created by exuma void and back then it was quite simple only featuring two teams and two bases with no other islands or diamond and

Emerald generators and only a few items which could be traded with villagers the gamemode would gain popularity when other popular youtubers such as ant bennett would make videos playing it but back then it wasn’t even on servers yet and as such players had to download and run off their own computers or

Private servers making it relatively unaccessible to the general player base however this would change when a german server called gome hd came along and added it to their server gomer hd innovated on the game mode adding more items more islands and more ways to make the game more advanced with plugins and

Other cool features gomer hd’s version is substantially harder than hypixel’s bed wars as the islands are much further apart meaning you have to do more bridging and also have to be a lot faster at it however gomohi was primarily a german server and as such it wasn’t until hypixel made its

Own adaptation with its own maps that it really sawed in popularity hypixel made the game slightly easier for new players making the islands close together and adding other structures and islands nearby which contained other loot they also added a range of new items alongside diamond and emerald

Generators that made the game stand out a lot more to this day it remains one of hypixel’s most popular game modes which is still updated and enjoyed greatly by the player base our final gamemode on this list is skywars a game mode not only popular on hypixel

But also on a variety of other servers however skywars was substantially different back in 2013 when it first rose to popularity initially in 2013 it was actually called skyblock warriors based on the original skyblock map made in 2012 this version called skyblock warriors was created by swipe shot team

And the first iteration of the map was uploaded to planet minecraft on march 24 2013 around four players would each spawn on a slightly modified skyblock island and would have to gather wood and other resources in order to get to different place islands or to access small loot chests which were floating

Around the map unlike modern day skywars the loot was not randomized and all players had the same items in their chests and the same blocks on their islands most players would either destroy much of their island for blocks or would make a cobblestone generator this version of skywars like the

Original bed wars also did not use any plugins and as such players would download and run it with their friends on private servers and the gamemode was initially popularized when youtubers such as skydesminecraft made videos playing it the original creator swapshot set up a public server which would run games with skyblock

Warriors and the gamemode was eventually picked up and included by other servers including skyblock.net a server dedicated to skyblock and skyblock related game modes the name of the gamemode was eventually changed to sky wars as it was shorter and easier to remember eventually in order to stand out from

Other servers serbs began innovating with the game mode changing map designs adding other structures and more loot hypixel would do the same thing and eventually the game had became very different from the original including lots of higher tier loot multiple islands new weapons such as snowballs and eggs and more

Hypixel even has a ranked version for those who want to play competitively and even though the gamewood has changed so much it still remains incredibly popular so that about wraps it up for today if i missed any game modes or minigames which you believe should have been on

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