#Buy 'N' Build - Initial Feedback

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gleaming wagon
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Our new Beta Game, Buy 'N' Build, is now live and available in our Beta Games hub. We want your feedback if any changes need to be made. If you've played the game, share your thoughts!

Some questions to help you out!

  • What are your thoughts about the game?
  • What cool twist or voting option do you think you would cool to add?
  • Any additions to add to the mall?

We might not be able to reply to all feedback, but we are here reading them 😄

violet marten
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Havent played it yet

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Hopefully its good

icy dragon
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  1. What are your thoughts about the game?

I think this game is a good blend between build battle and build mart. The limited block palette means you have to be creative with block usage, and having multiple rounds lets you take inspiration from other players' builds and add to your own which I think is really interesting.

I have a love-hate relationship with the bonus theme - sometimes it can be fun but sometimes it can ruin a good build. So I think it's a great idea to have it not happen every single game. Some of them really don't end up making sense at all, like I had to build a tornado sheep :(

  1. Any additions to add to the mall?
  • Ice & Snow/Snow Layer
  • Terracotta (Regular, Not Coloured)
  • Purpur Block/Pillar/Stairs/Slabs
  • Magma Block
  • Cobweb
steep hare
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it well done

foggy sluice
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totally im not using high ping to glitch through mall portal and buy more blocks

vivid nacelle
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the fact that you have to vote for 1 just suck, cause right now half of the build is legit offtopic or empty (eg i have gotten 2 empty build to vote for)

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what am i suppose to vote for?

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letting someone win with empty builds or offtopic builds just seems unfair

icy dragon
vivid nacelle
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there should be something that detect if the player had gone to round 3 and the plot is still empty the point wont count

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i legit queue into a game with 6 builds and 6 empty

vivid nacelle
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one use per 1 game

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aka u can not vote for these 2 build, one time use only

icy dragon
vivid nacelle
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this sure look like firetruck

foggy sluice
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Add water bucket to mall btw

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The most important thing

regal locust
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the game should give xp like literally every other game on the server

steep hare
steep hare
gleaming wagon
# icy dragon > 1. What are your thoughts about the game? I think this game is a good blend b...

Bonus theme is 20% chance of happening.

  • Snow and snow layers have been added into nature store
  • Terracotta has been added to fresh goods/market stalls with the pots
  • An end store has been opened up in the basement
  • Magma blocks are already in the in the aquarium store
  • Cobwebs added to the sculk store in the basement and in the nature store

Pushed the world now. New servers will have the changes.

icy dragon
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❤️

gleaming wagon
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As for water, we have plans for that in other things xd

vivid nacelle
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Why is there no leaderboard

gleaming wagon
regal locust
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i get kicked for building nothing even tho i build stuff

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i have clip too

gleaming wagon
regal locust
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u can see the build in the vid

gleaming wagon
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In round 3, did you build?

regal locust
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yes i added the back in round 2 and the armrests in round 3 to make sure i added things between the rounds but it still kicked me

gleaming wagon
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Do you have the clip of you building in round 3?

regal locust
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no but i can get one

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it always happens in round 3 as we are about to vote

gleaming wagon
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Every time at the end of round 3, you're kicked?

regal locust
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yes just before voting starts

gleaming wagon
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Let me play a game now

regal locust
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im in a game too ill send clip if it happens again with me building

gleaming wagon
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Because surely if this happens in every game, we'd have more reports of this

regal locust
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it might just be me idk why tho

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because none of my friends said this

vivid nacelle
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you got more fixing to do

gleaming wagon
regal locust
hollow bridge
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Sorry I did not take any screenshots but when I rejoin I will show that.

gleaming wagon
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By the get block button, you mean the clicking the scroll wheel etc

hollow bridge
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I guess we be putten into creative mode in building phase

hollow bridge
gleaming wagon
# hollow bridge

I'm not having the issue you're seeing, the pick block button doesn't work when in creative mode to give you new blocks, you can pick block the ones you've already bought from the mall, also the button will not work in the mall as you're not in creative mode then.

hollow bridge
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Maybe it was just a bug for me, sorry for waisting your time sir

gleaming wagon
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If so, can you record this issue and upload in here

hollow bridge
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I'm currently inavailable to log in, soon as I get on, I will take a clip if the problem continues

vivid nacelle
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still no lb :(

gleaming wagon
vivid nacelle
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i just want to know the gap between the person with most wins :)

spring osprey
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-Get rid of the bubble elevators cause you get stuck at the top of them (it phases you into the roof majority of the time and your unable to unstick yourself) or amend the issue
-Add flight/flying to the Mall (people still have to find the blocks)
-Add options for floor modifications such as an hotbar item potentially? (indestructible floor, Remove the floor, edit floor)

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potential voting options:
-Chaos mode:Inventory swap every 30 seconds
-Shopping Spree: The mall never closes
-Sabotage: small intermissions where a player can destroy 3-5 blocks of another players build before voting
-Loaded Pockets: Players start with 10 coins
-Black friday: once a player has taken an block from the mall, no other players can use it

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non flowing water or lava buckets would be a nice addition too

vivid nacelle
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tnt + redstone works btw

gleaming wagon
gleaming wagon
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All issues with TNT should be fixed now,

vivid nacelle
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why i dont get win

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this is unfair, wasteded 15min just to tie with someone and not get win

steep hare
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Womp

spring osprey
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or winning

gleaming wagon
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Hmmmm, thought we added xp for winning yesterday

gleaming wagon
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I can see you get the win, poking about exp now

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Also we'll probably make the win stuff like minerware, if there's people sharing point levels, then they tie, so there can be two people in first place etc, but the winning stands will still show 1, 2 & 3. But the chat and wins will be handled differently

spring osprey
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1st 250xp
2nd 150xp
3rd 100xp
Anything Below 30xp

gleaming wagon
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Don't think you get exp from just playing in other games

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It'll probably follow minerware: 125, 100, 75.

spring osprey
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bnb is quite time consuming

gleaming wagon
spring osprey
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if you crouch when using the upwards elevator from the basement you go super fast 💨

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every now and again you get stuck

gleaming wagon
vivid nacelle
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is much better now\

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u can move in and out easily

elfin gale
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So, some builds will appear twice while others not even once in voting rounds

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just had that happen

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in the final round as where where votes are worth 2x

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so one person could effectively get 4 points from me while someone else didnt even have a chance to get 1 in the prior rounds

elfin gale
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xd

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i saw the message

spring osprey
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i started to realise that as well

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the first 2 rounds are repeated people

elfin gale
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there was 6/7 people and 3x2 is 6 so enough for 3 voting rounds

spring osprey
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then on the final round you get the other people’s builds

elfin gale
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party member i didnt see once out of those 3

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but twice i saw repeats

elfin gale
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i got my friends in the 2nd round and not 1st and 3rd

spring osprey
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i had 3 rounds of the same people 💀

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they were all kind enough that they always voted for me though

elfin gale
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if it helps i can post the clips of it

spring osprey
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thought they were gonna turn biased on round 3 cause mine was so good

elfin gale
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bit hesitant to @ staff but yea this stuff should be ironed out

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also id love it if we could get lava and water lol, maybe we can but i havent found how

gleaming wagon
# spring osprey <@140439146257842176>

This is intended, some rounds they doubled, it's hard to explain but they are balanced. At the end of games if I do a debug command, the command will inform me that builds have been equally seen. cc @elfin gale

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It's just how voting works, but I've seen the behind the scenes and I know it makes sense

spring osprey
elfin gale
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i get the basic idea but

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idk abt the implementation

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and players wont be aware of this

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to them itll seem as if its rigged against them with rng

spring osprey
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The Blocks placed and Destroyed statistic is still not being registered.

elfin gale
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yeah

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still 0

spring osprey
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icl the build area size is a little limiting especially if your trying to make a bigger build

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it might just be me 🤷

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the height is fine

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just need some extra legroom on the sides

elfin gale
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and then u just see some pixel art 👎

spring osprey
summer birch
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Why I can't join this game

gleaming wagon
# elfin gale but even if seen equally it doesnt = same chance to get even points bcs last rou...

You might see the same people, but others might not, it's definitely something that you'll see, but it's not broken. It also takes into account how many people are voting, as it needs to balance that too, also if players don't change their build between rounds they aren't included in voting, so balancing is needed there too. So there will be times it looks bugged, but it's intended based on things happening throughout the game. This is also something you can't explain to the player, you'll just need to vote and move on.

spring osprey
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and you can’t remove it

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after destroying the plant

gleaming wagon
elfin gale
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and i completely get the system but still

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i feel like itll cause too much confusion

elfin gale
spring osprey
spring osprey
gleaming wagon
# spring osprey <@140439146257842176>

Yeah we have made it so you can place non-placeable things onto the side of stuff, like saplings, etc, there might be some side effects to this, but we'll go through them slowly

spring osprey
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what is the highest potential score possible?

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Shouldn’t it be “You” scored
not “Your team” as its solo

elfin gale
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(wasnt full on items and it didnt say in chat u cant buy this block like itll say for the others)

spring osprey
elfin gale
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no

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thats a fan

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2 diff items

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its the ones you see on the wall

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in colours

spring osprey
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in my opinion

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fairs though

elfin gale
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it was for a cactus

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i was gonna use it as the needles

devout thistle
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OK: I have a lot of things to say about this one.

1. The placement issues with blocks.
Very often during building, I get stuck in blocks and it slows me down a lot. Blocks will also frequently disappear and need to be replaced within a second of placing them when you build quickly. Deleting blocks is also a pain as they will sometimes reappear and trap you in them, making you stuck and have to spam buttons until you can get out.

2. Limited block choices.
I cant find any skeleton skulls or any of the mob heads. There are also a few other blocks missing, but I'm sure you already know.

3. Duos?
I know this game is in early release, but I wanna mention this before it's finalized. Make a duos game-mode for this, it'll go a long way.

4. Build height.
Make the build height higher. I know this sounds crazy since you have so little time, but it needs it. The arena itself is very small, which means you need to make up for it with the amount of higher up space you have.

5. Make it more accessible to change your vote.
Once you pick something, you can't unpick it from my experience. I find myself accidentally picking a build and then looking closer to realize it's an inappropriate build or something.

6. Add an NPC in the corner for you to change the floor block.
As a Just Build main, having the /floor command is great and all, but it's simply not accessible to new users. They get confused and most of the time over half of the lobby didnt even set the floor. Take a more Hypixel approach on this one. Having the ability to change the floor in this would be incredible!

A couple of things I want to add, I LOVE the option that you get to "choose" between 2 builds instead of having multiple blocks to vote with like in Hive Just Build or Hypixel Build battle. It makes voting a lot more fair, and I think this was a great thing to add!
This game-mode is very unique. While Build Battle is fun, it's everywhere. Glad to see some innovation with new modes!

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I've only played 3 rounds of this, so I may be back with some more ideas later. This is my initial viewpoint with this gamemode.

spring osprey
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you can either use the stairs provided or the bubble elevator on the right (if walking into the mall)

summer birch
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The time it's not enough at all

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And why there is 3 rounds idk what that even mean

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Why not do like the hive build game ?

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I mean, we have enough time Well, not really. But at least one round and no selle or shop

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You can find everything in ur inventory

summer birch
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This was a Thanksgiving bundle from 2018

icy dragon
summer birch
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Yeah, But we don't understand anything when we play this game 😭..

icy dragon
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I'm sure that as players continue to play they will come to understand it, just like other games xd

devout thistle
# summer birch The time it's not enough at all

wdym? if you are fast you end up having like 7-8 minutes of just building throughout all 3 rounds
You just gotta get used to the layout of the stuff to buy, and know how to palette simple while still making it look good. by the end, you can have an inventory of 12-14 blocks which is
quite a bit for newer players.
Also the jump pads and speed boosts make it easy to get around very fast in the mall

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itll only take a couple of rounds before you get used to the mall and all the blocks in it

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it would be right in the middle of reg build time to double build time in a Just Build match
pretty balanced.

devout thistle
# icy dragon There's no use in just copying a game from another server. These features make t...

I think Build Battle is just one of those classic gamemodes. Theres your bedwars, skywars, build battle, some form of SG, and maybe a wave-based gamemode.

I wouldnt consider it "copying" if you just added a few small spinoffs since thats practically a baseline gamemode for every server

But, i do appreciate the unique approach. If this game pops off in the future with a separate arena, it wouldnt be a bad idea to add a simple build battle mode. Relatively simple and gives builders more options, since its already a pretty limited space.

regal locust
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im going on strike until ties are added

devout thistle
regal locust
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and i assume cx (the number one lb player) is too since he isnt responding to dms

devout thistle
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the builds have to be shown individually

regal locust
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like in minerware

devout thistle
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also does 3rd 2nd and 1st count as a win like in jb?

regal locust
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yes

devout thistle
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minerware just is text

regal locust
devout thistle
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me 😭

regal locust
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just look behind for the other build if u want to see it

devout thistle
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i want to be able to make a portfolio of the builds ive created and i take pictures of the builds

but that still doesnt explain how a tie would be shown together... would there be 2 podiums for first? how would it work?

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theres more to it than just ties

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would they just rotate and get shown on the same podium with 2 people on the podium instead? might get complicated

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theres no form of replay cinema here so having a chance to get images of your builds in the end is pretty important

regal locust
devout thistle
# regal locust i care about the win not the podium

they created the podiums to specifically show the 3 seperate rounds, showcasing the build. While you may not specifically care about it, it is a core function of the game.

One opinion cant work without details, when you suggest something you need to go through the thought process first about how it would even be shown.
Would it just have a text that say both people got first but only one person randomly gets picked to have the main podium?
Not fighting, you just need more than "I want ties" because its just not that simple

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the chances of your suggestion being implemented are much higher if you actually give ideas on how it would function

devout thistle
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you need to utilize all of them and manage your mall-time properly

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dont worry about finishing the build on the very first round, just make sure it gets started.

summer birch
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And what's the 3 rounds do or supposed to do

devout thistle
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Each round they re-vote. At the end, all the points from those 3 rounds you got get added up. If you have the most by the end, you win, for 1st 2nd and 3rd.

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And the last round is double points, so if you messed up in previous rounds theres still a chance for redemption

summer birch
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Oh okay i see now

devout thistle
summer birch
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I thought we have only 2 min to finish 😭😭

devout thistle
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oh nah
if that was the case no one would finish, or the builds would be super small and meh

summer birch
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I was like " wth , how I'm supposed to finish an whole building in 2 min " 😂

swift wind
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im guessing this is only on bedrock

devout thistle
# summer birch Yeah fr

pro tip, you only need the first 2 rounds usually to get the blocks you need, 8-10 depending on if you won the previous round. the last round you should use the full 3 minutes just finishing the build unless something is REALLY important to add
If you use that strategy, you will have like 8 full minutes to build

summer birch
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Hmm still not enough for me . Cuz I'm so slow 😭😭

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  • I'm a phone player
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That's makes the situation more complex

devout thistle
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well, hopefully it will help at least slightly
the more the better, even if you are slower

severe cedar
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Really fun game and I love the idea!! Just wanted to mention a few issues I've bumped into 😅

  • the voting system tends to be pretty hard to figure out and the letters dissappear instantly when your put to go and vote and you can't seem to change your vote?
  • I think the build period may need to be a lil longer 😅 I've never seen a fully finished build while playing. Please make it longer 😭
  • there's a weird feature where you break blocks and a block instead places one above that on an adjacent side ( idk if that's an attempt to match java mechanics or ?) But just feels weird and janky and probably feels like that for the majority of ppl who play as they only rlly play bedrock
sharp leaf
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The refund item sometimes it’s glitchy, it only works on the third round I think

regal locust
vivid nacelle
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i mean yes i do want to be able to tie

regal locust
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yes so just say u were on strike then

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its for a good purpose

vivid nacelle
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yeah but the 2nd guy is coming from no where

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i gap myself with 40 wins

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thats like 7 hour of played time

regal locust
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the 2nd guy can overtake me for all i care just add ties 😠

vivid nacelle
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is fine im still the first person to get 100 wins in this game

vivid nacelle
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@gleaming wagon any idea when i can stop raging

regal locust
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just go on strike like me

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if they see the 1st and 3rd on strike they gotta fix it

faint vapor
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Make buying items much more easier

hollow bridge
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I don't think it was a great idea changing the main CubeCraft logo @gleaming wagon

summer birch
summer birch
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Or just gimme the name 🙂

summer birch
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For me it's seem to be normal :/

viral bloom
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Add ties

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Like in minerware

vivid nacelle
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same with xp

viral bloom
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Can u sneak into cc hq and find out

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Unless u already know

viral bloom
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Oh

regal locust
vivid nacelle
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also why do people who left get win

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but wont count in stat

regal locust
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since no reactions

devout thistle
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Ok, i have another suggestion
PLEASE don't AFK kick at the END of the rounds, where you see the podiums and builds
i keep taking photos and forgetting its there and then getting kicked within 10 seconds
so many builds have been lost to this

gleaming wagon
gleaming wagon
# summer birch You can find everything in ur inventory

I assume you're having the issue that in your creative menu, you have access to all blocks. Same with @fallow pilot. You shouldn't be getting all blocks in the creative menu, we're trying to track down the issue, sadly we don't have any reproduction steps atm.

summer birch
gleaming wagon
summer birch
# gleaming wagon Ah okay, thought it was the bug, nvm then. Yeah we don't have plans to make it s...

Btw I have some ideas/suggestions if you want,

What if we added a Secret Vendor in Buy 'N Build?

Sometimes, a special merchant would appear with unique items to help players build faster or make their designs more impressive. For example, a Quick Copy tool to duplicate small parts of a build, a Time Boost for extra seconds before the timer ends, a Magic Palette offering well-matched block colors, or Visual Effects like sparks or smoke to bring builds to life.

This would make the game more dynamic and let players customize their creations even more :)..

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It's original and you would be the first server to do that.

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It's not great but in case someone is interested 😂

vivid nacelle
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Why is ladder in Light Section and not wood

devout thistle
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blocks placed and blocks broken aren't registering in stats.

regal locust
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theres a lot of other games where some stats dont register

steep hare
devout thistle
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its not there to be buggy for no one to care

steep hare
devout thistle
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any bugs you find you bring here
or suggestions

summer birch
solid saddle
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I think that people should have more time to be able to build

vivid nacelle
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There is more then enough time

haughty prism
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Are there regular vines anywhere?

coarse nebula
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I guess it's fun for builders, not really my type of game

raw plover
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I think y'all should've just made it a build battle. It would be much more less boring

sly wolf
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I think that when there's an extra prompt at the end, we should be given an extra minute or smth :/

worn urchin
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It's a fun game that I've enjoyed playing quite a bit

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How does the voting formula work? Sometimes my builds get barely any votes in one round and then tons in the next, does my build not show up the same amount every round?

proud ledge
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Being able to fly (or permanent speed 2-3) in the buying area also maybe clearer signs

woven yacht
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eh dont really like it but then agian i dont really like building so

regal locust
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are ties added yet?

magic spruce
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This shouldve been magic n mayhem😔

rustic thistle
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Why’d it only get announced now? It’s been on bedrock off of the exclusive access for like a day or 2 now

regal locust
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nothing has changed in game

vivid nacelle
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you call the game fully release without adding tie and xp

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💀

regal locust
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u have the 1st on the game complaining about this

vivid nacelle
regal locust
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and the 7th or whatever i am now

vivid nacelle
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i cant hold it for that long i would have to skip school

vivid nacelle
plush lava
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buy n bulid kinda sucks we need better bed wars

devout thistle
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why do so many people here dislike this game
this game is so fire

ill put my ideas previously said in most important order
duos
build height needs to be higher
fix placement errors (getting stuck in blocks, blocks disappearing when placed fast.)
option to change the floor, fix stat errors with blocks placed/broken not showing.

I also found a new bug yesterday in my live, im mentioning the live because the proof is there.
Blocks will disappear on your plot after each voting round. It is a really bad bug and at the end when podiums show, random blocks will be missing from your plot.

dry pagoda
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Make it so just like eggwars level as example but then once your reach level 5 as example you go to a higher league with better builders so there arent any stupid builds ingame and have competition

dry pagoda
visual root
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Add a off topic vote

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I mean report off topic

summer birch
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I'll agree

deft falcon
deft falcon
steel yacht
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Maybe a little more time between builds and maybe also report people who don't build something that looks like the theme

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Also a glitch where I placed the block when buying it and it said I already had It despite it not being in my hotbar

visual root
gleaming wagon
remote crown
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I'll see if I can

spiral lance
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I think unfortunately its just build battle in hive but with some extra gimmicks
Me and my friend played one round and already got bored lmao maybe this game isnt for most people who dont build a lot

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I would rather a Build’And’Buy style game from MCC because it will actually be more competitive than the one rn (imo)

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Cause people can always vote for their friends and stuff and they can also give a negative vote to everybody.
Theres a mid chance that people dont follow the system

sharp leaf
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Fart

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Bruh

sharp leaf
haughty prism
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I think this game has a lot of kinks, but it's the best build battle I've played in my opinion, I think the main problem I have is good builders will memorize the spots and where to get specific items and blocks, so maybe you should add more maps, and with how stuffs set up, redstone is useless other than looks, I think it would be cool to be able to make a redstone contraption.

dry pagoda
bleak ridge
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It is not that fun to play for me.

tranquil cave
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I find my rainbow ring kind of distracting and gets in the way. Can you make it so it doesn't display in the game like in other game modes?

upper musk
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make it that we can use any blocks we want and not need the mall

solid saddle
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I disagree

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There

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It is called Buy 'N' Build for a reason

plucky cave
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everyone are building inappropriate builds, just now my round all the top 3 are super inappropriate and should be banned

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I've reported all and if I don't vote it will force me to vote a build that I didn't want to (although it makes sense to force vote)

mystic magnet
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Wow. Just WOW. its a) sigma, its b)ohio, and c) skibidi
Ohio rizz never been more sigma, with this goofy ahh gamemode the server's aura increase 300x

summer birch
devout thistle
# summer birch It's just a name

in that case it would just be build battle with a different voting system and round structure. I love the mall feature, it makes builds actually somewhat of a challenge.

sharp leaf
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Please do not remove the feature where we can use our lobby loot for this game

haughty prism
torn jackal
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add blocks like quartz,redstone dust,water
Fix the breaking (It keeps placing blocks in the air sometimes when I'm breaking blocks
Twist idea:Get put into survival mode instead and have to mine items instead of mining it (the mall will always be open)
Also please don't auto use items on mobile the amount of time I wasted accidentally getting an item after clicking the refund button before realizing it auto uses it is insane

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Idea:Gives more coins to people who scored either highly or minimal points (Either allow for better builds near the top or allow some people to get a wider palette)

violet marten
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Its decent although i dont play it cause my building skills are horrible.

upper musk
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that im talking about