How could Mineplex Java become popular again?

I'm curious to know what the player's opinions are on this topic. What do you believe it would take for Mineplex's concurrent playercount to start rising and continue into the thousands? Any changes or additions to the server? Anything specific? Do you believe it is possible?

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Mineplex used to be my favourite server, and I'm sad to see it in the state that it is. Mineplex Java btw.

 

I think that with the release of the new Beta infrastructure, the player count will naturally increase. It's just a matter of time now! As well, with Season 7 of clans preparing to release, that will bring in a huge influx of players, including older YouTubers whose fans would subsequently join. I think it's definitely possible for MP to make a comeback, but simple releases aren't enough. If it can be capitalize upon with events and updates to keep games fresh, I think Mineplex can regain a steady player count in the high hundreds to low thousands on Java!

 

It may just be because I've never personally been a fan of clans, but I have my doubts about it having any significant impact.

Events and more frequent updates are definitely essential to reach a state of growth. But I also believe it might be necessary to bring on some new "heavy-hitter" gamemodes. I believe the landscape of multiplayer and the demand of the players has changed drastically from what it used to be. I believe what Mineplex needs is its own unique gamemode at the same level of development as hypickle skyblock, that is unlike any other gamemode on any other server. Something new that no other server provides, that has hundreds of hours of available gameplay. For example, an MMO, but centred around a unique concept - not skyblock, cause the demand for that has been filled, something unique, for example - custom world generation, but with floating islands instead of the regular overworld; with a main story that you follow (and other side-stories and quests), and designated places like cities and so on, that you can reach by exploring the open skies and the islands you come across; maybe you use mounts to fly to new islands.

Or you could make a whole new competetive gamemode like bedwars and many others alike. But the gamemode in and of itself isn't the only thing that's important to achieve success, you need to put systems in place for communities to form around these games. Incentivise people to play them.

I don't think a minigame like deathrun fits the new landscape of minecraft multiplayer. There's not much demand for those types of games anymore. Even on hypickle, not many people play the old minigames in the arcade; the only ones with decent playercounts are the ones released this year, and a few old reliables.

As for clans, even with the new season, I don't think it's a gamemode that will attract a lot of of new players. It's not a particularly beginner friendly game.

Now, Mineplex is far from what it once was in terms of playercount, but the name "Mineplex" is still a 'household' name that the multiplayer community still recognizes and respects to this day. I believe Mineplex needs to make a few sacrifices to make place for a new "blockbuster" of a game, bigger than any game they have made before, enough to garner the attention of the multiplayer community, and then the youtubers that will initiate the growth of the server.

 

I'm afraid this might be true. I just don't want to believe it.

 

As simple as it sounds, I think updates will improve the player base. If updates can't fix Mineplexes player base then, to be honest, I don't know what can, maybe more YouTubers, streamers, events, etc. I believe Mineplex has soo much potential however it's not being used efficiently, Mineplex is essentially being left for dead.

 

I don’t think java will get shut down but if it does that would be amazing for bedrock with the attention it would get.

 

Honestly you guys haven't taken the L of the year. Have you seen the bedrock server? A year ago we could reach well over 10k concurrent players at once, now 5k is impossible. The player count is usually 0-3000 now with it currently being around 800. The server has had no updates in 14 months, aside from a few maps and a recycled gamemode with no improvements which nobody wants. Oh, not to forget the scam rank haha. We're well on our way to joining you guys in the low 100s player count, only then will we be able to relate for once

 

Isn’t the lower player count kind of due to school starting up? As soon as school started the player count dropped dramatically. I know with it starting up I haven’t been able to play that much either. Hopefully during summer it might reel some more back on Mineplex. Might seem like a far thought though.

 

No. The player count was just as low during the summer. It's because there is no updates and lots of game-breaking bugs as of recent. The disconnect bug is still an issue as far as I know. All of this has led to players quitting, but sure you could say its partly because of school too

 

I want to agree with this, but I can't, and here's why.
Since the peak of the server, millions more people have downloaded Minecraft. The games popularity is still quite strong and the decline of Mineplex matched that of the game as a whole. Mineplex simply did not resurge like Minecraft did because the support wasn't there.

Look at the peak of Mineplex, youtubers were making videos on the server constantly. ParkerGames is who got me interested in playing on Mineplex, doing my own silly survival games challenges and having lots of fun with my friends.
ClanYT on Mineplex Clans made addictive bite sized videos about a game I'm extremely passionate about and I still rewatch them today,
The biggest Youtubers at the time were playing on Mineplex, so were their audience.
Now - No influencers give the server any notice and therefore, the players have simply stopped coming.

I see the revival of Mineplex Java as a possible, but difficult outcome to achieve.
If players see large Youtubers back on the server, making content and having fun on it, they will come.
The server just needs the exposure back, perhaps investing in some community run social media accounts with the effort of maintaining hype and discussion around specific gamemodes, on platforms with large install bases such as tiktok and instagram, the server can begin to rebuild it's image.

That's just my cup of tea, but maybe i'm full of it. Let me know.

 

I more or less 100% agree with this. Mineplex needs a mix of regular updates (fixing and making the old games feel fresh first, then making new games that appeal more to the current state of multiplayer minecraft) AND social media exposure - lots and lots of it...
The first part is solely reliant on the speed of development, and I feel like the second part will increase naturally as the server grows.

The server needs some restructuring though. The games should be structured in a way that creates communities around them, like bedwars or skyblock on hypickle, or even housing. Perhaps the lobbies should be structured differently - maybe Mineplex would benefit from having specific lobbies for larger games. They need to make players want to stay, to come back the next day, to connect with a certain community that plays a certain game, to want to get better at a certain game, to want to grind a certain game. Most players on hypickle do not play all the games or even a great variety of the games on the server. Most players have one or a few games they enjoy playing. Communities form around these games, and a lot of people stay solely for this.

Okay, it's still impossible to bring Mineplex back without something new and ground-breaking. I believe what Mineplex needs is ONE unique game that is unlike anything any other server has, that can manage to maintain an impressive player-retention rate and has hundreds if not thousands of potential hours of gameplay. The game will initially be a success for the players that already play on the server, it's a game that appeals to nearly any type of player, and from there on out it would steadily and singlehandedly increase the player-count of Mineplex - and in turn revive the other games on the server.

 

I've been developing plugins in minecraft as a hobby for a few years now, and I'm currently going through a java masterclass course to improve my coding standards as well as another course on databases and backend systems. I'm only 19 and just finished school, and I don't want to go to university yet, so I'm planning on applying for some junior java developer jobs. It'll be around the start of 2023, January or February, and I've been eyeing the plugin-developer job-opening on the jobs page for some time now for this very reason. Mineplex holds a special place in my heart, and I would hate to see it go. I would love to help bring it back as a competitor in the multiplayer scene, and I have some ideas I believe could directly affect that.

And by unique game, I'm thinking more in line with - a custom minigame creator that lets players create their own minigames, with their own maps, and their own rules and objectives - when it's finished you can open your minigame to public play (sort of similar to hypickle housing, but players can literally make fully fledged minigames). Imagine a minigame creation tool, inside Mineplex, that lets any player create their own minigame as if it were no different from any other minigame already on the server. The quality of the minigames created by the players could even outdo the pre-existing minigames on the server, and these minigames could also easily outperform other games on the server.
^ This is an idea I came up with just a couple of days ago, so it has a long way to go, but I'm 100% certain this is possible to create, and I'm going to be working on it as a side project for the next few months whilst going through the courses.

I just briefly touched on the idea above, but I would love to know whether I've completely lost it or if this is an actual good idea. (Btw, most of the minigame creation would happen through an intricate menu system. And also, to illustrate how intricate I want to make this - I want any player, given they spend enough time in the game creation menus and exercises due diligence in putting their minigame together, to be able to make a COMPLETE replica of hypickle bedwars that functions identically to the original with no issues. There will also be possibilities for stat-tracking, custom achievements, even custom kits - although this can be a bit tricky because it could quickly turn into p2w, but this can be overcome)

Okay, I just started ranting and didn't stop and no one asked but thank you for listening. And again, it's possible, it's just VERY complicated to put together (the plugin), but I reckon I could do it in anywhere between 3-6 months depending on how much time I'm able to put into it. (3-6 months given I work full-time every day. It is big project very complicate)

 

It all depends on in what direction MP goes after Beta update, it all depends tbh currently not much is known for the advertisment plans when Beta releases. do i ever see it going back to 10k+ players no not really but i can see it holding a steady 2-5k playerbase if it is done properly