The Rise and Fall of Minecraft Hunger Games...

[@TheMisterEpic]

og-sg.net: As of today I have created my own server called OGSG where I plan to revive all of the OG minecraft gamemodes. And we have just released survival games, heavily inspired by MCSG, with no kits or pay2win elements. Check us out! Server ip is og-sg.net So what do you guys think of modern day hunger games? Be sure to let me know in the comments and subscribe Join my discord - discord.gg/WGc9UNM

[@TheMisterEpic]

thanks man

[@nicbr1100]

They killed hunger games with the combat update, change my mind. Also fix your damn tps mojang

[@pyroshrimp4073]

Before the survival games was console edition battle

[@fairrnest]

I missed watching bajancanadian hunger games

[@fairrnest]

@@simonsiirtola4435 is the server available for bedrock?

[@SalC1]

What I miss the most is the OG MCSG. I would play that for hours way back in the day. My favorite part of that sever was the huge maps with 48+ players! I wish those large MCSG maps came back.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Yea, large scale hunger games were always a lot of fun, especially before players got really good at pvp and it felt like an adventure exploring the maps. You're a big inspiration to my channel Sal, it's an honour to see you comment on one of my videos :D

[@T2Studios]

Woah didn't expect to see this big man here.

[@subi]

Well theres a new server called Tigris which is replicating old MCSG

[@TheLegoCreationist]

@@subi whats the IP?

[@subi]

The lego creationist search up Tigris network it’s set to come out this week!

[@skrim7522]

"There was an issue with the pistons not pushing up" If you read catching fire you know what happened

[@forlorn3778]

What happened?

[@chow42]

Yeah is it the part where katniss saw her friend die as she went up

[@raymundojairuzoscard.9931]

TheXJay42Guy ceena?

[@lunarvalley3006]

@@chow42 wait what I never read hunger games explain??

[@skrim7522]

@@raymundojairuzoscard.9931 yea

[@davelawandra2286]

Omg, the spawns used to have pistons that pushed you up, that is like a whole nostalgia factor there jeez.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Haha yea

[@davelawandra2286]

@@memelyshorts643 the fact that blitz has kits is a real bummer

[@spraysmc]

@@davelawandra2286 its different but imo its what makes it more fun

[@rubyrobotic]

oh, the nostalgia. i remember playing with my siblings years ago. whenever we were the last survivors we'd toss out our weapons and beat each other to death with raw fish

[@Whatiseven]

I remember the episode form Bajan Canadian's channel when everyone basically freaked out when he made the diamond chestplate because diamonds were that rare

[@tktktk47]

THE DIAMOND BOOBPLATE

[@nvlik]

@@tktktk47 MA GOD THE NOSTALGIAAAAAAA

[@wiwersewindemer4437]

He actually got a diamond chestplate? I never saw more than 6 diamonds per game, and they all went into swords, and maybe, maybe a pair of boots.

[@o.602]

Bruh, I haven't heard of that name for a long time. This video and comment section are just brimming with nostalgia.

[@theguynamedtintin]

@@wiwersewindemer4437 I once got all diamond apart from leggings playing on the offical MCSG server

[@iGxmmx]

Rest in piece MCGAMER, really wish chad had the money to keep it going, that server used to be everything

[@noah_doring]

Chat had money but he was more focused on his other business so mcsg fell back to 2nd plan..

[@ivanusxciv4845]

I think the kits/classes ruined Survival Games (like on McCentral where a few people have diamond helments and almost all enchanted armor and usually wins) and fishing rods are lowkey annoying. Also, does anyone know what happened to Vareide?

[@TheMisterEpic]

While I was researching for this video, I found out that they disband in 2014 I think

[@thebigw9163]

Fishing rods are skilled tho. Bows on the other hand...

[@Minees-up5zy]

TrillEvan i know what happened to him TrillEvan Vareide left in 2014 for his Norwegian KZbin channel "Prebz og Dennis" he coowned it with his friend Preben but in march 2018 he disbanded Prebz and Dennis for his own norwegian KZbin channels links to his gaming and vlog channels -> m.kzbin.info/door/2zu3reXAbFmu4J_XV1llOw m.kzbin.info

[@edenli6421]

The big W yeah but if your opponent has a rod and you don’t well gg u lose

[@real_pat_ftw420]

Aggree. Ive played mc central but it’s FILLED with cheaters (flying, autohit, autoaim, xray, etc.)

[@Vinlie]

4:30, I can vividly remember all these old MCSG maps and I feel such a meloncholy fondness for them. 6 or 7 years ago, with a much younger me, 12 or 13 years old, and I'm skyping with random online friends I've made through MCSG, playing Minecraft until dawn.

[@spencerbrown315]

Same man, I still have all those chest routes stored in my mind somewhere ...

[@noticemesenpai3479]

this was such a throwback... i used to have those random online friends as well. wonder where they are now and what theyre up to. it was so chill getting home and jumping on hunger games, meeting new people every day..

[@jetforceexe8170]

@@spencerbrown315 man I've forgotten some. All i remember is that the second ship of survival games 6 had the enchantment table xD

[@NetherrackStudios]

Seeing the amount of people in the comments agreeing with you, we really should all start our own server tournament and play OG Hunger Games together.

[@TheMisterEpic]

I always said that if my channel got big enough I would set up a server with all the OG modes

[@NoahClevinger]

@@TheMisterEpic THAT would be awesome.

[@Georglider]

@@NoahClevinger but server will be in Australia...

[@huntershonour2433]

@@Georglider maybe buy 1 in america so everyone can play

[@Georglider]

@@huntershonour2433 I live in Europe XD

[@-logna-8336]

The most nostalgic game for me inMinecraft is definitely the other gamemode known as Hunger Games, or later: "The Hardcore Games". McPvP ran the servers and they were massive. There was lots of different strategies and so on with all the kits. Used to play every day when I was young. Just so sad ut doesn't exist no more

[@jackedape3045]

The one u made soups and could instantly eat them?

[@-logna-8336]

@@jackedape3045 Yes, and you could make soups with cocoa beans and cactus as well. There were no diamonds other than on the feast and mini feasts, and there was lots of kits. I remember spending hours playinh it when I was younger. Good times! :)

[@domenicsantilli400]

The only good hunger games without kits and abilities are filled with hackers its so sad

[@TheMisterEpic]

Very true

[@user-bo6vy5eg8g]

Or on bedrock

[@pyroshrimp4073]

Sad console noises

[@sukitron5415]

And the major ones like hypixel and mineplex are p2w because if you pay for kits you get stuff that is way too op compared to other kits

[@lord_khufu]

Averi Davis On bedrock if there’s no cheater then it’s gotta have pc players, playing on pc is just technically hacking due to some advantages you have rather than a mobile player who hardly could rotate their screen and often when pvp just somehow open the chest and died or screen issues that make their game uncontrollably rotating around like crazy, it’s just bad anyway

[@kat_objects6682]

how it could be helped 1. no kits. kits were a mistake. we do not look back on kits or abilities 2. longer games with more players per game. the fun i found personally in hg was how it lasted a while and hunger was an actual problem that you could die from 3. some new maps. the variede and classic maps, while being really great, are ancient and some new maps would be needed alongside them 4. bounties/sponsors. a points system where you can spend your points to put a point bounty on someone/give them food or arrows, nothing major just small things that wouldn't give an unfair advantage while benefiting them. and bounties would be someone gets more points for killing them 5. teams not being bannable. during quarantine i have played A LOT of hg servers and most of them ban teams where most of the friends i made on mcsg were from us teaming and that was the best part 6. no fishing rods. i just hate fishing rods they are THE WORST those are just my thoughts, however and it probably couldn't happen

[@Niemri]

I want the old maps back :c sg2 was so much fun

[@kat_objects6682]

@@Niemri yeah same but you need new maps to go with the old because without them it'd get boring

[@Niemri]

Legacy Zombie I agree that new maps are essential, i just miss the old ones, feel like a lot more effort was put into them than the ones i’ve seen in later servers

[@DiscontinuedChannelOne]

Fishing rods are ok But Nerf them

[@PengyDraws]

A large part of hunger games the series was creating alliances.

[@xplodingmojo2087]

“Some of you minecraft players should have played on this server once” Dude, MCSG is my entire childhood!

[@xplodingmojo2087]

Abdulla Abdilahmed that’s actually awesome, thanks dude.

[@WeWiZHD]

same

[@spencerbrown315]

Same man! I’m glad to see other people remember it as fondly as I did. I played it nearly every day from 2013-2014

[@theguynamedtintin]

@@spencerbrown315 same bro haha

[@theguynamedtintin]

@@spencerbrown315 MCSG was soooooo try hard back in the day I remember teaming with people way older than me on the mcsg team speak

[@Bunsized]

imo the charm of sg is that chests are random and you actually dont know what you’re gonna get but with crates and kits - kits literally give you a set of items, and the crates on mc central are ugh, you’re almost guaranteed to get a diamond helmet and some iron armor pieces if you have them maxed out, it’s honestly unfair for the new players who are actually trying for the first time, it’s honestly just odd

[@Bunsized]

Abdulla Abdilahmed last time i checked na wasn’t up, i’ll check again though

[@Caspianm2]

Back in the day, when you had to google a constantly generating server list with literally HUNDREDS of players just plopped down onto a regular minecraft world with a compass that showed the nearest player.

[@CAEC64]

I noticed that Survival Games have decreased in popularity, a lot of people plays Skywars instead.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Yea it has

[@Kokichus]

most skywars have kits, but there's one major difference. Void. Thanks to it you can knock full diamond guy with snowballs you got from chests making most kits almost useless

[@randomguyontheinternetz584]

Not really from what I’ve seen most people play bedwars

[@cutiefriendsadventures7129]

Man Man Mc man please It's because Technoblade got a 1000+ winstreak on it.

[@edenli6421]

Cutie & Friends Adventures no. Technoblade was riding the popularity. When bedwars came out it was more popular than any other mode

[@Kameliius]

The Hive is hosted from Europe Me: *Laughs in European*

[@Bell-ih5ln]

It’s even worse when you can’t play hypixel because 1- my Internet and my pc both suck 2- Hypixel is hosted on the US (I think) AND I’M FROM BRAZIL :(

[@jasperharvey770]

Cry’s in New Zealand

[@pirateclick1d169]

@@Bell-ih5ln canada

[@Bell-ih5ln]

@@pirateclick1d169 even worse then

[@TheMarinara]

The Nexus was a really good server for hg too

[@TheMisterEpic]

Yea

[@FireKiller70]

@@TheMisterEpic could we still play on the Nexus?

[@thebeastxXxx]

The Italiano 21 no it’s gone almost every hg servers are gone

[@FireKiller70]

@@thebeastxXxx ah rip, thank God that mccentral still has it

[@thebeastxXxx]

The Italiano 21 yeah but it’s filled with teamers and cheaters

[@nobody-rb9xh]

The MCSG server was a huge part of my childhood, I played on this server for hours on end daily trying to rack up points and kills. I remember my brother first showing me the server back when it only had the two OG maps. I miss the good old days of Minecraft before all these new minigames took over. Survival/Hunger games will always be my favourite minigame in Minecraft and I wish there was a good server that still hosted it.

[@thehighspeedchicken]

I remember the ol' days when stampy used to play hunger games from 2013 to 2016. God do i miss those times

[@firstmover9855]

Bro those maps and I remember in one game him and BalisticSquid Found like 64 diamonds and went crazy

[@xYamakaze]

"The game is simple, kill or be killed." *poor defenseless and innocent Cupquake gets slaughtered*

[@matthew.5752]

Wow, I came back this week to play minecraft after years of dropping out and the first thing I did was play sg, I was wondering why this beautiful mode was so dead today. You made me retrace my childhood. I hope the algorithm can find you, you make fantastic videos that deserve to be seen

[@TheMisterEpic]

Thanks!

[@nerasomnia]

My favorite moment playing Hunger Games (without the kits) was when I was running from a team of three and managed to kill two just in time for death match to hit. Then I got to finish off the last one and win the game. It’s those rare moments that fill me with adrenaline and make me feel really proud of myself.

[@LightKnight2311]

Nowadays, the last good SG server is The Hive... its so sad to see such a great game fall to pieces like this. The Hive has a really popular Bedrock server with a great SG experience. The sheer polish really gives off a unique experience. However, its sadly the least played game on the server, barely reaching 1k worldwide players. I just wish The Hive added more regions to their Java server. If that was to be added, I bet The Hive would get more players.

[@tatersthegoat]

very true (hello there fellow forums person)

[@shane9245]

Really? I never even noticed. I always go straight to build battle. I’ll play some SG later today. :)

[@tatersthegoat]

@@shane9245 do u mean the forums?

[@fairrnest]

yeah me too, I hope they added more maps to the game, especially old maps

[@dasaiyantv8483]

It's also really easy to win in Hive Bedrock SG. I remember having games where I was first place with 9 kills (meaning I killed over 1/3 of all players) cause most of the playerbase isn't as hardcore as MCSG was, where I recall having at best 4 or 5 kills in a game where I won.

[@hooddaddy7124]

i remember my first Hunger Game, it was actually right after i watched the first movie for the first time, i called up my friend and went over to her place. She had a computer and a laptop so we joined a server together and tried it out, me and her both lasted until the very end so we both split the loot to be fair, walked to opposite sides of the cornucopia and then it was just us fighting until i won. Pistons pushed us up, some players got stuck just like you said, chests were in trees and small made caves, hidden areas, giant trees with ladders going up, and the map we had had a whole castle ruined a far ways from the start so getting there was already daring, and it had a giant ass broken bridge that you had to get around or jump through, with small parkour stuff in the middle for those wanting to get the loot and get around the water faster if you could complete it, I've actually been thinking of playing it again but i joined a server a few months ago and those kits and shit were there and i didn't understand so i tried a different server, same thing. Typed in Original Hunger Games Server into google, and not a single one. Im not saying there were none but i couldn't play any of them because it wasn't in English, or there were only 5 people on the whole server so theres no point. I miss it, i actually crave to play it

[@n0b00m3]

I loved survival games It was so fun. Only OG players remember the fun of that game

[@TheMisterEpic]

Yep, so many good memories

[@FireKiller70]

I remember wanting a minecraft account because of playing hunger games! Now I just play on a hardcore economy server lol

[@vince2969]

@@FireKiller70 what is a hardcore economy server

[@FireKiller70]

@@vince2969 ecocitycraft.com is the server address! My name is Sr_DylanP24 on the server

[@FireKiller70]

@@vince2969 oh lol why dont you join and find out?

[@mitchellhintzsche993]

I remember the old days when I and my best friend would play mcsg nonstop. I got sick of it at a point, but my friend always wanted to be ranked number one on that server. Weird to think of how much I miss the old mcsg days, it was a thoroughly fun platform to play with your friends on.

[@MegaSupernowa]

I used to watch a lot of BanjanCanadian untill he started to team up with his buddies and dominating whole games which was low, stopped watching and forgot about minecraft hunger games till now.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Yep, remember his hunger games parody?

[@MegaSupernowa]

@@TheMisterEpic yeah that was pretty cool, it sits on 100m views currently

[@domenicsantilli400]

@@TheMisterEpic dude that song was half of my childhood

[@jordansalcedo7390]

Wow I remember that! I never watched his videos but I remember when "bacca's" were a controversial topic on the MCSG forums. There used to be so many complaints about large teams of "bacca's" that were practically impossible to beat because anybody that wore the skin would team up in the lobby. I used to joke with others that they were free kills because often times they weren't very good at pvp or dealt with serious lag. Beating large teams of "bacca's" was one of the most rewarding things you could do in the early days of MCSG. You just opened a huge hole of MCSG nostalgia that I had forgotten about.

[@gmrgamingrm]

I love your videos essays man! I can't stop clicking on them and have started to listen to them like a podcast. You have just gained another sub!

[@tommyjohansson1208]

I love how he says thats its a shame that its hosted in the eu well all big servers but the hive is the only server where i can play

[@Niemri]

Same

[@fairrnest]

Me too

[@javidhussainzade4481]

Abdulla Abdilahmed Stop. Just... stop.

[@drakoxd29]

@@javidhussainzade4481 what is your problem

[@javidhussainzade4481]

DrakoXD He pasted that reply on every comment.

[@CowsInHats]

I remember when The hunger games movie came out, and me and my friend tried making a hungergames map using Himachi servers and it was a full on shit show. Brings back so many memories

[@code051]

Me too :D.

[@almighty5839]

Same lol

[@elik2580]

they need to go back to their roots with big maps and longer games

[@TheMisterEpic]

Yea exactly

[@Zakuto34]

I actually found this video after reminiscing about my time being a member of staff and senior staff on MCSG (before it became MCGamer). Really makes me miss the good old days.

[@seekingattention]

I know im quite late with this comment but this popped up in my recommended today and I just gotta say, this was a really well put together video, I dont think ive actually sat through an entire minecraft video on youtube in a while until today I agree with pretty much everything you said- the entire concept of "minecraft survival games" is a washed shadow of its former self. I've been involved with the SG community on various servers over the years (mainly badlion back in the day, and mccentral) but i honestly dont ever see it going back to how it used to be. There's no real one central server anymore for SG like there used to be with MCGamer (MCSG), and that definitely impacts the game's popularity when there's so many options available, and a lot of them are sub-par and have a lot of unsolved issues as you pointed out. There is a server out right now called backplay and it's as close to the original MCSG as you'll get- in fact, it's pretty much a full remake of the server, the way I see it. However it's more of an extremely competitive community, and that isnt a bad thing, but it isn't all about the adventurous feel anymore, it's pretty sweaty and can get toxic (that goes for all gamemodes nowadays tbh). Honestly, I dont think that "adventurous feel" will ever return to SG, the gamemode is just too old and we've all grown so accustomed to it over the years. But the server is pretty fun if you're into that competitive aspect, they have both an EU and NA servers but there usually arent many people on NA There's also a pretty big scene at the moment for SG clanwars- another extremely competitive scene, and something that i dont think would really fit the nostalgic vibe that the casual players want back. It was pretty cool seeing you play on mccentral, as that's been my main server since 2013 and I'm actually a mod and upload SG content on there, posting highlights or talking about the server's problems. I think MCC has been overlooked for a very long time in the general community up until recently, and I see a lot of new players coming to play SG on here because there's no other options available. MCC got some attention when JustAHotDog and Madmaker7 made roast videos on there a few years back, but besides those tiny bursts of attention, i feel like MCC has been a very secluded part of the general community for a long time and has a lot of untold history to it. I can definitely say that I fully agree with a lot of your criticisms of the server and I can definitely say that I've been making attempts at pushing for changes for years on certain things (example: the broken enchanting/anvil system) but only time will tell if anything actually happens. Personally I dont feel like the tier chests you can start with are that overpowered, as they're available to everyone and you only need to play for like a week or two to unlock them, but the abilities are really broken (specifically the double damage one) I also just watched your recent video on mineplex and corruption and i can definitely say you'll get bigger if you continue to put out content like this, liked + subbed

[@TheMisterEpic]

Thank you so much for the comment and yea, mc centrals survival games aren't too bad, I especially like how you are allowed to team with a other player as me and my friend always team when we play

[@caster863]

It's so sad that such a popular concept suddenly vanished into existence with nobody even noticing.

[@poxel7719]

Great video once again MisterEpic. I like both Hive and Mineplex Survival Games. I like Hive's for the reasons you listed above (with the exception of ping, I have decent ping for being in NA) I used to like Mineplex's Survival Games, as everyone does not spawn with armor (unlike Hypixel), I also like how Mineplex allows us to grind on our favorite games for gems, and use those gems we have garnered from those games and using them on Survival Games, whereas with Hypixel, there a separate coins for each gamemode; However, Mineplex's downfall is its abysmal anti-cheat.

[@mynamesjames8186]

When watching you could hear Bajancanadian saying “To the left to the left” while JeromeASF has Betty

[@moneycat878d5]

biggums

[@sussyduck4988]

I blame fortnite for the lower popularity of hunger games

[@TheMisterEpic]

Honestly true

[@Mustish]

and the new combat... shitty

[@jarecl]

It wasn't even fortnite's fault. MCSG died because of UHC, namely Badlion's UHC (which the creator of this video should have mentioned), cheaters, and the fact that after playing SG for enough time, it just gets boring. The game is the same thing every time and obviously something that's been around for 8 years won't be as popular as it was when it came out. Hunger Games was already pretty much dead by the time Fortnite's Battle Royale came out in September 2017.

[@FireKiller70]

Fortnite is annoying! They combined cod with hunger games! 🤮

[@vince2969]

@@FireKiller70 yeah fortnite is so bad, I don't get how ppl actually play it

[@sirtymoo]

I remember playing on a small server that ran custom maps with pre-set loot per chest. Incredible map design with the ability to plan out routes for grabbing loot based on your spawn and cornucopia chances? Amazing. There was also a pre-game warmup parkour/pvp area with full iron gear only. That was my OG survival games experience.

[@Lucas-hb7qv]

Really well made video, despite having so few subscribers. Good job!

[@TheMisterEpic]

Thanks!

[@DaylightGaming69]

the new hungergames on munchyMc is nice, but it lacks players, you have to wait at least 10 minutes for enough players to join, and if you’re lucky, there’s 6 players, the maps could be bigger, but it’s good that they’re not big because of the small amount of players that play it

[@yinglong777]

I haven’t played in so long I use to play lbsg soooo much. I recently started playing again and tried to play survival game but I could even find survival games on lifeboat :( I also really miss the old lifeboat map. only the OGS will remember

[@honeydaisy2832]

yes omg :(

[@Grace-hw9jk]

same I've been trying to find sg on lifeboat for ages but apparently they took down some games that weren't popular and are now 'refurbishing' them. Idk if that means sg will be back in the future but I really hope so :(

[@pyroshrimp4073]

Lifeboat had a zombie apocalypse that was fun then they added the game modes and stopped you from building and it now sucks

[@aurelia5129]

Are you cereal?! Not even going to mention the iconic duo of Joey graceffa and Stacy plays? They practically were the poster children for MCSG

[@crow__bar]

To this day I still remember 11 year old me watching Jordan get rekt by AntVenom the day the video came out.

[@PikminWarrior454]

By far my favorite server to play this on was called Project X-Craft. Instead of custom maps, it had standard randomly generated Minecraft worlds, different for each game. Blocks were breakable and you could mine for materials and collect food as normal, or steal it from other players. Kits were there but they consisted of basic things like stone tools, wood, a fishing rod, or a bow, so they were less about breaking the game and more about adapting to the map (you were free to run around and scout the map while waiting for the game to start). Loot chests were randomly placed and extremely rare, but rewarding. There could be up to 99 players, teaming and backstabbing were completely allowed and encouraged, games could go on for almost an hour, and it was a completely unique experience that could only take place in Minecraft.

[@danu4763]

I am european and i still play the hive sg. Kinda nostalgic but its genuinely fun apart for the hacking (not very bad).

[@TheMisterEpic]

Yea the hive probably has the best hunger games out there

[@Bunsized]

same, it’s really fun even if i get 300 ms on there because woo australia, but i like how there’s no buyable kits or anything it’s really fair for everyone and fun to everyone regardless of skill level

[@Deleted_userad]

Can you make private sg games on hive?

[@drachula1184]

@@TheMisterEpic It was created partly by team Vareide who also made Trouble in Mineville

[@alexrippons9260]

Bro the youtuber MCSG takes me so far back, that was litterally my childhood with syndicate and everyone else, it's crazy it was that long ago

[@Deactrals]

beautiful.

[@TheMisterEpic]

😁

[@60skidd72]

I used to play survival games on a cracked Minecraft server. It was probably in 2015, or somewhere around there. The maps were awesome, but I never got to play it anymore as I forgot what server it was - it probably was PikaNetwork, but that one stopped hosting SG - and I got stuck in the map once. I died, tried to respawn but I remained in the map. I couldn't return to the hub, so I could never play it again. I miss that, man.

[@jaybuzzton453]

Really enjoyed the video for the most part, I do however wish you more qualified you claim of the maps not being adventurous or mysterious as the old maps, like provide some more examples and such, I agree with the statement honestly but believe it could've been argued more in depth, good video overall though

[@TheMisterEpic]

I could have gone into lots of detail, but basically, the old maps were bigger and chests were more scarce and hidden meaning you really had to explore for loot. There was also lots of traps and secret entryways in old maps which new maps don't have. New maps also restrict your movement with big buildings and obstacles where as the first map allowed you to go basically anywhere

[@jaybuzzton453]

@@TheMisterEpic My thoughts exactly

[@rq3246]

TheMisterEpic and the new maps are a lot smaller making it feel cramped

[@penguincamp]

You also mentioned how easy it is to find chests in newer games, which you're definitely right about! I hadn't noticed it before. When I was younger I used to regard the non-Vareide maps as inferior, but I thought it was because I was good at them. Looking back, at least the first four maps had much better chest placement, not to mention they had character to them. In my opinion, kits and paywalls weighed the gamemode down the most. I used to be fine with minor kits, but there's something to be said about starting with nothing. Man, this brought me back! I watched the first SG tournament when it came out and I watched the three other SG tournaments that followed. I completely forgot about how I'd only play SG servers, constantly refresh websites for open games, and check my rank on the leaderboards weekly. I didn't use MCSG when they upgraded to signs because the server filled up too quickly, so I played on smaller servers. I took pride that I was the 3rd and 24th best player on two of those servers (although in retrospect, I think it's because I was playing on smaller servers with lots of members but less competition regardless). My first Minecraft KZbin video (now private) was a guide to the first map. I was absolutely crushed when TeamVariede disbanded. Man, I kinda miss those days.

[@hykz.8302]

Backplay has the best Survival Games right now, almost a carbon copy of MCSG

[@TheMisterEpic]

Ah ok, I will check it out

[@magicalpipthegreat7885]

Icecream

[@blackwizardscat]

But the mods are lot better hahah

[@hykz.8302]

@@blackwizardscat Yea most mcsg mods were just girls that would send admins their tit pics no troll

[@allezliverpool31]

Cubecraft Bedrock has quite a fun Survival Games. There is a paid thing but it gives everyone better items, everyone has access to the same kits and the default loot is at best enchanted iron or basic diamond. There are a decent amount of chests but not too many. The biggest problem is the sheer amount of hackers

[@DexFire1115]

“so many blatant hackers except hypixel” me: haha watchdog ignorancd go brrrrr

[@TMG60Max]

I remember watching BajanCanadian and ASFJerome's hunger game series over 5 years ago, that was the best

[@DanielBParada]

Yes they literally raised me. I still watch Christmas in a hole every Christmas to this day

[@devonstrickland5640]

We grew up, that’s all :’)

[@coltonthenotpopular7699]

Mitch and Jerome being the literal Kings of MC Hunger games. Of the duo I never expected that it would be Mitch who would take the hardest fall of content and views... Jerome really stayed with it through out the years.

[@tomikun8057]

*"Hungeer Gamessss- I wanna win it. Win it all"*

[@GelatinSkelet0n]

I wanna win all daaaaay

[@MrExtrodius]

Any MCPVP veterans here? Their hunger games was truly a battle royale just like the popular ones we have today. 100 players at the start, you pick a kit that gives you a special ability or 2, and it's a battle until you're the last. Rather than having the cornucopia at the start, it actually came later towards the end of the game, and oftentimes that was where the final battles were held. Oh and you'd actually mine and build too

[@tha_oz]

ahh good times, my 12 year old self is feeling nostalgia

[@zacpatros8061]

Yup 😂 now I’m halfway to 22, crazy how time flies.

[@owenmp4]

Hypixel's Blitz is less of survival games and more of their own thing. Hypixel does that, where they make a game of a genre then add a massive twist, like Skywars which is survival games in the sky.

[@orraz1526]

yeah, fun fact btw, skywars was inspired by a blitz map called caelum

[@owenmp4]

@@orraz1526 and wasn't it like the most popular map? funny how that works

[@orraz1526]

@@owenmp4 pretty sure it still is the most popular map today, or at least one of them, anyways i agree it's kinda cool how they come up with insane mini games using their old mini games

[@shnubdawg7730]

Back when “battle royales” didn’t exist.

[@Georglider]

I remember, how I played on lifeboat survival games, this old lobby was very fun to hide, also survival games was very good. Ahhh old sg46

[@oliver-04]

Respect to Vareide and his team for creating the first hunger games!! 🙏🙏

[@frenk1915]

I remember Hunger Games. Good old days and prob only game mode which i loved for like 7 years. Prob only one thing where i was at pro player level. I still remember every place/chest at original maps. Moments when u waited for chest reset. I liked the Blitz survival games but it wasnt just it even though i was great in this mode.Survival games was easier and easier at the time-before u had to walk like 30 minutes to get like Iron Sword and it's common thing.

[@harrison85]

IVE BEEN WONDERING THIS THANK YOU! I WISH MORE CHANNELS STILL STREAMED THEM!

[@sluwug3213]

I would say that the major problem with the hive isn't the ping. I played on it for like an hour and enjoyed it, but whenever I tried to get lots of kills I would always get low on health from killing another player, and then instantly get cleaned right after. i feel that they could use a system that heals you after killing someone

[@TheMisterEpic]

Maybe, but the ping is only an issue if you play from certain locations

[@lotusasche4183]

I'm surprised that you did not cover the Performium servers Hunger Games. It's very down to earth, classic Hunger Games and they put a stop to cheaters and hackers by bringing the ban hammer down on them and sending them to banned jail.

[@youngandfreet7364]

My team and I actually just released our beta for our hunger games, we got rid of kits as it makes the game too unfair. Could you let m rn now if you have any feedback on how to make it better? We’re trying connect the og sg community! Zyanmc.net

[@kevensmhith]

ur ip should be ogsg.net or something like that and use just classic SG maps mcgamer.net/threads/complete-list-of-mcsg-maps-updated.115014/

[@valleyFITONY]

@@kevensmhith Nothing comes up if you put that in

[@willhudson7890]

2013-15 MCSG & Hive days I remember so much. There is nothing like it now, I can't get the same feeling playing it

[@siyasetyapanrobot3337]

Huahwi and IsmetRG sad :/

[@2px_]

quit mcsg back in 2015. by far the best game i’ve ever played and have been struggling to find game that compares since. if it wasn’t for mcsg i never would’ve gotten into competitive video games. the mystery of huahwi’s annual disappearances, sweating stats on a smurf acc, scrims... i will never forget these irreplaceable memories and the impact the game had in my life. i will never be able to describe the unique feeling that only people who played it will understand.

[@enchanted_games]

This makes me want to set up a HG server that allows teaming, no kits to have that OG HG feeling

[@HmineCrafter]

I don't think it's possible anymore no matter how similar to the original is the way people play is so different now to what it used to be

[@computerboss9548]

I know this is 3 years ago but if you are interested I have a developed one already created with completely new content with the original survival games format.

[@harvana4296]

im SonKairu in that clip 0:32 ! my friend just showed me the vid haha. I enjoyed the vid

[@Brunozamp]

I miss battle minigame in 360, now I can't even play there. Legacy console editions are dead F

[@easypeasypiano6118]

The Hive used to be THE place to go play Survival Games for me, especially since it has remained so loyal to the original concept for all these years. I think the need for convenience and meeting player demand caused the creation of automatic means of bringing players together near the end of matches (most commonly deathmatch and more recently the closing border mechanic). Was hoping that the Minecraft Ultimate Event would try something similar to the OG KZbinr Survival Games where dead players or admins would push players together artificially using mobs and whatnot, but they sadly resorted to the border as well.

[@spencernold8899]

I love the huahwi clips, it makes me feel so nastalgic.

[@Destoryer2765]

I played one hunger games server called hungercraft. I had a plug-in where it introduced sanity where if you hide in a hole your sanity went down. This kept players hiding in holes at night and forced them to keep moving. This was my favorite hunger games server because they would have tournament with prizes. It is surely a memory in my childhood.

[@dinokrafte6938]

8:47 this argument is really invalid because if it was hosted in the usa you think people in europe and asia wont have the same issues? and i checked usa and australia are about 50% of the total player base in servers. so an argument that they are the majority is also invalid here, and even if they were its still not fair compared to what other regions get in terms of ping. and you said before "its a shame"

[@Muhammed01FI]

Just the Americans having "USA is the centre of the world syndrome" again. The argument is based on this.

[@steve-lin]

I used to live in Asia, and US servers would always have much better ping than EU servers. It would be around 200 compared to 320+. After I moved to the US, EU servers still have the worst ping by far.

[@steve-lin]

^(in comparison to even connecting to the few AU servers)

[@Infomaniac_Moment]

@@Muhammed01FI lol what does that have to do with anything. chill out.

[@dinokrafte6938]

@@steve-lin well i li e in asia and us servers have qbout 200-300 ping doe me while Europe servers have 80-170

[@playeronthebeat]

I liked the old, old Hunger Games which later became Hardcore Games and was, if I remember correctly, later a part of Brawl. Was fun to play with friends on servers with other people (up to 100 people) and random maps. It was so much fun, just running around and getting along with the challenges of the map and the moving border.... Damn, I miss the PvP days way before 1.9 :D

[@razzy113]

10:07 that was me

[@TheMisterEpic]

Haha that's funny

[@DevilsRadvocate]

Y u gotta hack tho :(

[@razzy113]

Pewd cuz its Mineplex. I use vape on Hypixel so yeah

[@Trisin-m3i]

:c

[@pirateclick1d169]

stay in mineplex and hypixel tho

[@fernandoa589]

Videos like these make nostalgic. I played MC almost everyday for 5 years and eventually got burned out to the point where I don't enjoy it anymore. I

[@worleyzack]

Hypixel is by far the worst for survival games, completely unbalanced.

[@chris4582]

blitz is good

[@HmineCrafter]

@@chris4582 nah it really isn't at least in terms or survival games

[@Hunter110s]

MCSG was the best competitive hunger games mini game in existence. Points, leaderboards, I remember competing in the top 200-300 for points and that was insane back then as the community was huge. My childhood was MCSG, old user: Hunter110s :)

[@electrolightning1763]

hackers are ruiners they ruin every game

[@MythicWACO807]

I do actually own one, however it is smaller maps but all of them are from 200-500 blocks around. It’s not very popular but I really hope it will be some day

[@nendaz_6818]

I still play Looking for someone to play with

[@heatherspaeder1628]

Awesomedudeman0 is my xbox name. Add me.

[@nendaz_6818]

Heather Spaeder ew Xbox

[@theketaminekid1241]

@kale bald Imagine actually caring if someone plays on Bedrock or Java

[@computerboss9548]

If you are interested I have a server I created and it is easy to join

[@BeyondBaito]

I remember coming home from watching the movie with my families and looking up "Minecraft Hunger Games" and there were people talking about making maps for it. Someone apparently tried to make one when the movie was announced based off the book, but scrapped it after they saw how different the movie was.

[@Санкт-Петербург-з8у]

What about backplay? Backplay is minecraft server that copied MCSG.

[@EmilioReyes_97]

Never grew up watching these types of videos but I was told about them. Recently I've been a bit more interested in the whole concept....thanks for the enlightening video!

[@ttvcragz548]

8:48 hive has one of the worst anticheats. i cheated for 2 months straight. killaura, cheststealer and stuff. and why did i get banned? because of my name (i was called BigWillyMan69)

[@OoverHeaven]

I remember when I first started watching Minecraft videos but I played Xbox so I made my own hunger games using pistons and built an abandoned city, a. lava world, a beach and a desert that I never finished. My favourite memories when I was younger

[@toastercat2946]

I really hope the og comes back, I’ve never played it before, but it sounds a hell of a lot funner than survival games now days. Especially with the sponsors!

[@stevenunderwood9935]

I remember, the first time I played Minecraft was with my friends on "Race for the Wool." The map had a sense of whimsy which can only be described contiguously with the void (of my early teens, and the building community). @TheMisterEpic, you're right that the early hunger game maps were empty; And similarly it gives you this awe and whimsy from living in the void. Those little chests were exciting :). It felt like after much searching, you solved a puzzle. I would love to play your survival games maps -- or anything to remember the olden days! :P :)

[@1998Anderson]

My favorite Survival Games server was Multicube, but sadly it has come to an end back in early 2015, mostly because Syndicate barely cared about it. Their SG plugin didn't let any kits or bought advantages, but you had a specific ability depending on the district you were randomly put in, so anyone could get any of them, but they weren't a "game changer" at all. Also, it had care package drops, acid rain, spider invasion or even meteor showers as threats from the map. The maps were the classic ones, such as SG1, SG4 and a few non-classic ones too. I really enjoyed the way the game worked there, in my opinion, one of the best experiences I've ever had on minecraft minigames. Unfortunately, no other server I found had that same plugin and it ended up dying. I still hope to find something like that again.

[@Funky245]

god i remember that youtuber minecraft hunger games video, was so awesome seeing all my favorites in one epic match lol

[@Dreamedtrack]

I think that the best survival games its on cubecraft because they have good weapons and armor and good kits that are free for all players, and the maps are kind OG.

[@lronmate]

I’m a mod on Hive living in America. Only time I have latency issues is when I’m pvp’ing against EU players, which is understandable. That being said there’s many US players on Hive, especially during midday/night, so I still find it very playable.

[@Bxred_T1red]

i used to play on a spanish server where hunger games where pretty goood for a new player, yes there was abundant loot but not that op, there were pretty simple kits (the most overpowered one gave you an iron chestplate and 3 cooked porkchop) but the game started to die and they removed the hunger games from the server. It's sad honestly.