MCVDK

@argonian CT used to serve an actual purpose, now its just a random Hypixel hub. It is the basis of the whole “revival” lore, and worked well to easily and smoothly introduce new players to the world: current way doesn’t feel like joining a Minecraft roleplay. It feels like joining one of those low budget SMP / creative servers. 
 

It doesn’t have to be big, in fact, it shouldn’t. But it should feel part of the world. Hubs won’t belong on a roleplay server. 

it became a hypixel hub long b4 it was moved off the map. the hypixel complaint goes back a few maps, at least to arcas if not earlier. i mean having it off map certainly adds to the effect, but the design and appearance of the place is still totally OOC and has been for a long time, with clearly OOC signs and posters, and big floating labels, and annoying flashy shit everywhere which actually makes it harder to navigate despite the intention clearly being the opposite

the thing abt hubs too is that the staff didn't want to give any nation an advantage by being closest to the CT or the main road, etc. traditionally, whenever they do this, it just makes every location equally shitty rather than equally good. the solution must be more holistic - but sadly i think 99% of the thought process into map design goes into how to make it look pretty and where to events, with the mechanics of how traffic (esp. that of players looking for RP) will flow more of an afterthought.

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