Are Builders a Thing on MCC Anymore?

There is a place on the forum to enter build however other than this I don't believe there is a specific build team anymore.

 

Hello!

That is correct. There is not a build team anymore.
But, you can submit maps on the Map Submit Forum Page.

 

The Build Team was disbanded quite some time ago. Now they just hire professional build teams and what not to make the maps for them. While it is more efficient this way, I did prefer back when the people making the maps were known members of the community. But I guess they had their reasons for disbanding it.

 

Hello!

So a little history about that. Yes we did have a build team but because of lack of quality and other inner team issues. It was disbanded and they hired a team called "Team Visionary" to handle there builds on the server. I personally think they started out quite strong with good spawns but lately I feel that's dropped off quite a lot but I honestly have no idea if that's because Alex likes it better or Team visionary just don't put in the work. Either way we have higher quality maps but they seem to blend together to much from reset to reset. And in regards to the End, Wasteland and Koth maps. Those were made by the MCC Build team a long long time ago and have yet to be updated. Now as a builder I feel like they should update maps more but I also understand why it's a good idea to keep it simple and almost the same from reset to reset and that's because it's less confusing for the playerbase just doesn't look as nice. I will talk to Unadvised about maybe remaking the End, Nether and Wasteland structures but really who knows. Currently the only Community based thing built on the server are the Halloween and Xmas lobbies I personally make for MCC and a few other side projects sometimes.

Now in regards to bringing back the Build team. It was a lot of work for a very low payout in quality and quantity as an Ex-Builder and as a professional builder. Unless the team was run with good funding, organised managers and seasoned builders. I don't ever see it returning ever as to get all that back would be a huge amount of work on Alex's end and all the people involved.

Bottom line Yes, I would like to see bigger better and more exciting builds on MCC but at the end of the day it's all about how Alex wants to run his server. I am happy that he allows me to build the Themed lobbies but I'll always push for better and more maps on MCC.

Noah | Horace_Altman
MCC SrMod
MCC Ex-Builder

 

We do have a new lobby after the same one for quite some time, so maybe i guess?

 

That's what they're already doing by hiring a professional build team from the outside. Except now they're always getting good-quality spawns, as well as always meeting map deadlines. A failure on a map would be a pretty big blow to that build team's reputation.

 

Was referring more to the actual map, for the small changes & seasonal updates they have someone on the staff team do it.

 

This comment sums it up pretty well, with the overall decision as to why the Build Team was disbanded, as a former Manager of the Build Team, it was just not working out nor profitable for Alex to keep it running, out sourcing was easier for Alex and at least MCC got high quality maps which they deserved. As for now, I do agree, it has dropped off, since I have seen no new maps added to minigames over the past year or so (Correct me if I am wrong), but Alex and Jeremy are mainly focusing on Sub-Servers which are the main soruce of income for this server, which is understandable.

*Side Note*
People need to notice, this is a Minecraft Server Yes, but it's a Business for Alex and Jeremy, and every business invests in aspects that give a turnover of profit, and unfortunately Minigames are not one of them (My Opinion on why no Minigame maps are added) and when it comes to Sub-Servers, not a lot of people send time at Spawn, concluding why they just have a side team to make a Spawns instead of hosting a Build Team, which not only takes time off Alex and Jeremy but also money which could be invested or used somewhere else.