The SAD Death of Minecraft Survival Games...

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I remember playing Survival Games in Lifeboat when I was in elementary school, definitely was one of the greatest experiences. After seeing Hive with Survival Games I was hyped and I liked it so much I maxed the game in 23 days, one of the first games for me to play every time made whole loads of memories and I'm forever grateful for how Survival Games was to my Minecraft life

Hive was pretty much the last hope for SG by adding in never-before seen mechanics, but the playerbase quickly dwindled as people just moved on to other gamemodes

I think it was big YouTubers who kept the game mode alive for so long. In the Java world where captainsparklez partnered with Mineplex to make tons of SG videos, once he stopped the gamemode died not too long after. You don’t see too many mini game Minecraft YouTubers anymore

Breeze Island 2 map in the beginning 😭 I still enjoy it at times. But amazing video man! Still makes me feel very nostalgic and well... old 😅

This truly was the best era of minecraft, both as a player and a viewer of minecraft videos. Not just SG, but all content alike just felt so much more lively and unique. I think you're right about attention spans having changed drastically and I feel that it's impacted both how viewers enjoy videos as well as how creators make them. It's sad really, I wish things were more how they were a decade ago

It's quite the tragedy, I remember watching people like Bajan and Lachlan playing sg and it will always be one of the most nostolgic game modes that I enjoy going back to every now and then

It's interesting, I was playing on nearly all of the remaining SG servers mentioned in this video up until their removals, So I was able to witness their decreasing player counts first hand. Lifeboat and Java CubeCraft were definitely the most blatantly obvious ones, Cause Lifeboat prior to revamping the gamemode was extremely laggy and that caused more and more people to stop playing altogether, And Java CubeCraft was already declining in players server wide so it made sense that their SG gamemode had next to no playerbase. But the most bizarre case for me was definitely MCCentral's decline, Cause that was the dominant SG server on Java for nearly four years straight, And it definitely had one of the more active communities compared to the rest. But then it completely fell off the face of the earth once one of the major updates revamped the hub era and reset everyone's stats back to 0. (It also changed the kit system and made everyone have to pay for them again). After that it only took a few weeks before the playerbase died out completely. A bizarre, But in hindsight understandable decline. So now all we're left with is Bedrock CubeCraft, The Hive, Current LBSG, and on the Java side of things Hypixel's Blitz SG gamemode... And that's basically it. Why exactly this happened I will never know, You could probably attribute the shutdowns of MCSG and Badlion to its early signs of decline, I also have no doubt that Lifeboat's terrible server updates played a massive part in its decline, Not to mention the rise in gamemodes such as Sky Wars, EggWars, Bed Wars, and UHC that undeniably stole its position of being the most popular PVP gamemode. I don't think it's impossible for the gamemode to have a resurgence in popularity, But it'll more than likely have to be updated in some kind of fashion cause its clear that the traditional SG gamemode no longer interests people these days. But whatever the case may be, I'll still remain as one of the only people with a current long running Survival Games series, Cause I still can't get enough of it somehow lol

Survival Games was easily one of the greatest games I’ve played especially on Lifeboat. I remember watching a multitude of Bajan’s videos including the music video that he was in. It honestly hurts to see SG dying out despite all the memories that were placed onto it

Along with SG, other og mini games like spleef and the walls have also been unable to evade time's arrow. I miss adventure maps and old mod packs that added depth to the game in a totally unique but still fitting way. Something about old MC was just different. It was simpler and yet that almost made the game feel more fulfilling. The community felt more whole and it was like everyone was discovering together just how far we could push the limits of what was possible of being achieved in this basic sandbox cube game. Maybe it's because of how development changed after microsoft took over. Maybe it's because the game just got old and enough of the mystery was uncovered. Or maybe many of us just aren't looking at it with the fresh eyes we once had. Whatever it is, even if watching it all slowly fade away has been more than a little bittersweet, I'm still happy to have grown up with this game and this community and am grateful to have been able to have had so many memorable days playing and watching other play this game ❤

Survival Games are the main reason why I tried playing Minecraft servers in the first place. I remember watching hundred episodes of Bajan Canadian hunger games videos and he was the main reason why I tried to play servers and try PvP in the first place. LBSG is the most played server I ever played since Minecraft Pocket Edition is a thing and it was my go to Minecraft version to play hunger games.

I think the game was mostly fueled by content creators, once they leave, everyone leaves.

Congrats on 80 k one of the biggest hive yt.And u will definitely hit 100 k if u try

I was a sg main(about 1 year)for most of my hive career. To be honest, it saw the death coming, ever since i quit a year ago and i cam e back recently i realized how much it had died, it had gon to barely hit 1k but now its just sad. I wish i could have my old survival games back but you know i guess that it is what it is, very sad death

Gotta love that tactical campfire 6:55

It is sad because I remember watching the videos while trying to re-create the Maps

As a Survival Games OG, starting in 2012 I miss playing so much. The peak for me was 2013-2015. I believe with the new movie coming out in November there is a chance to make a comeback but map building teams will need to appear out of the blue somewhere. There is also no incentive with rewards anymore and attention spans are at an all time low due to YT shorts and tiktok. I’m happy to just be apart of history others will only know about and never got to experience. Going on 26 now so I truly grew up with the gamemode. (Java edition player) - Churchay/TheChurchyHD

“nothing lasts forever” 😓

I remember lifeboat on pocket edition and it had a grass area with cobblestone walls surrounding everyone with signs to join survival games

I miss battle mode it was very good no op items you can turn on voice chat to see mad players they had so many maps but now legacy edition is gone some players try to recreate it but it's not the same