Good afternoon folks, here to drop a quick message regarding some SCG goings-on!
Minecraft 1.19 is out as of today! And as always, it'll be a lil' bit before our server is updated. I'll take this time to state that we'll also be restarting the server with a fresh new world! There are also some other things in store for our MC server, things I've wanted to do for forever but have been delayed near constantly due to other things, I apologize deeply for this!
There will be a backup of the world made for downloading soon as well!
In other news, Open Fortress is also back! We technically have a server setup for it, though right now the game is going through some technical difficulties regarding installation and updating. Because of this, we are not hosting dedicated events yet, but hopefully this will change soon!
Thanks, and have fun! ^w^
Hello everyone! I wanted to inform folks that myself and a number of SCG staff are headed to Furry Weekend Atlanta this week! Because of that, it'll be a little quiet on the dev front. Folks are still welcome to inform me of any issues, the best way to reach me is via me telegram, "Rowedahelicon".
There may or may not be an FNG this weekend, depending on who is around, though folks are still welcome to hop on regardless! We'll see you all next week, and if you happen to be there, perhaps we'll see you there!
--Rowdy
Hello folks, here we are again for an SCG map test, however we're doing things a bit differently this time! Rather than have try and have a single map test event night and adding in what feels good, we'll have a few initial map events, weed out maps that are objectively unplayable, and keep the rest on rotation for the proceeding future. Then, as we go along, we'll strip out maps that just aren't popular and those that are will remain in rotation longer.
Additionally, we now have a ton of metrics regarding what maps get played the most, as well as the overall ratings of a map, as we go along adding more into our rotation (https://www.scg.wtf/stats/maps), we can strip off those that are not just unpopular, but also grossly overplayed, this allows us to have more diversity in the map selections.
Finally, the general "rules" for map nominations will be heavily relaxed for now. Anyone can pitch any map they'd like to be considered in a map vote and we'll give it a shot. Of course, if they're joke maps or generally unconventional maps, they probably won't make it, but I don't want to rely on initial interest for maps for now while we work on getting more folks active in the community!
The current list of maps up for consideration can be found here, you're encouraged to reply there, but you can reply here as well! https://www.scg.wtf/jb/d/7065-april-2022-map-test-details-within
The results of the 2022 community poll are in and can be viewed here, https://www.scg.wtf/poll/23, but here's a rundown!
The people voted to keep melee crits on, have map testing events as frequent as every 3 months, and that folks may be interested in experimenting with stat adjustments (in a different server of course!).
I am also happy to report that I received a ton of feedback which I will be working with during the next few weeks to see what sort of improvements we can offer to the community. I'm even happier to say that at 45 submissions, this was the largest response we've gotten to a poll before!
45 doesn't seem like a lot, in fact that's pretty low in the grand scheme of things, but that's okay! I am always hoping to continue improving the community and getting folks involved so now we have another goal to meet in doing so! We've already gotten some new ideas on how to do so. Because this turnout was as low as it was, I am totally open to having another poll later on this year as opposed to next year.
The next big thing will be conducting a new map test, I have a big plan laid out and I think it will be neat~!
Big thanks to the folks who voted! If you didn't vote, it's OK, I'm not pupset! And there will be more chances in the future to do so~!
The 2022 SCG community poll is still going, but it only has a week left to go! Submit your vote if you haven't already done so~! https://www.scg.wtf/poll/23