MC Championship (MCC) is a Minecraft tournament organised by YouTuber Scott Major (known online as Smajor1995 or Dangthatsalongname) and Minecraft collective Noxcrew. Ten teams of four compete in a series of Minecraftminigames. The tournament began its first season on November 17, 2019. Its fourth and current season began on May 4, 2024.
Gameplay
The event features ten teams of four players, each composed of a rotating cast of established content creators, competing in each iteration of the tournament.[1][2] They face off in eight minigames that test a variety of core skills in Minecraft, such as combat, parkour, survival, and teamwork.[1] Teams win coins for their performance in each minigame.[3]
At the end of the event, the two teams with the most coins duel in Dodgebolt, a best-of-five archery game that determines the winner of the event.[3][4]
List of games
List of MC Championship games
Game
Type
Span
Description
Ace Race
Movement
MCC 7–
Players run laps through a race course scattered with special powerups.
Teams compete head to head to fill a central area with concrete and/or trying to eliminate all the opposing players.[5]
Big Sales at Build Mart
Team
MCC 3–
Players recreate a series of builds block for block.[6]
Bingo but Fast
Team
MCC 6–13, 34–
Teams gather items and complete tasks on a bingo card.
Dodgebolt
—
MCC 1–
The top two teams duel it out with bows and arrows for the championship.[4]
Foot Race
Movement
MCC 1–6
Players run through a race course while trying to sabotage opponents and avoid obstcales.
Grid Runners
Team
MCC 16–
Teams complete challenges to progress through a series of rooms.[7]
Hole in the Wall
Movement
MCC 1–
Players avoid getting knocked off a shrinking platform by moving walls.[5]
Lockout Bingo
Team
MCC 1–5
Player complete tasks on a bingo board while being able to attack opponents.
Meltdown
PVP
MCC 22–
Teams use bows to freeze opposing players and collect coins from crates around the map; teams are eliminated when all of their players are frozen, but players can be revived when melters are placed nearby.[8]
Parkour Tag
Movement
MCC 12–
Teams play 1v3 elimination tag on a circular parkour course.
Parkour Warrior
Movement
MCC 1–11, 26–
Players try to complete an obstacle course within a time limit, with progressive difficulty and optional parkour challenges. Inspired by the game show Ninja Warrior.[4]
Railroad Rush
Team
MCC 4KO-
Teams must work together to create the longest rail-road using gold found throughout the map, or in the "Gold Rush", a minute long break where all teams are placed in a lava-filled gold mine.
Rocket Spleef
Movement
MCC 1–13
Players try to eliminate opponents off the arena while trying to survive with a pair of elytras and a special rocket launcher.
Rocket Spleef Rush
Movement
MCC 20–
Players try to survive using a pair of elytras and a custom rocket launcher while platforms gradually appear and disappear.
Sands of Time
Team
MCC 5–
Teams explore a procedurally-generated dungeon, while trying to keep track and top up their time in the dungeon. Noxcrew's lead game designer, Isaac "Epic Landlord" Wilkins, came up with the idea while sitting for his GCSE in religious studies.[4]
Sky Battle
PVP
MCC 9–
Teams fight each other on floating structures as the map border shrinks.[5]
Skyblockle
PVP
MCC 1–8
Teams gather items (Much like in the classic map "Skyblock") to fight each other. The last team standing wins.
Survival Games
PVP
MCC 1–
Teams open chests and find loot to fight each other while the border shrinks as the game progresses.
TGTTOSAWAF
Movement
MCC 1–
Players race across a series of maps. Short for "To Get to the Other Side and Whack a Fan". One of the maps was inspired by the game show Takeshi's Castle.[4][5]
History
Background
Noxcrew, the creative team behind MC Championship, was founded in 2011 by Stefan "Noxite" Panić.[4] Noxcrew first organized on the sandbox game Garry's Mod, where members collaborated on various creative projects.[4] They soon turned to Minecraft, another sandbox game, and their creative projects there became popular on Minecraft forums.[4] The Noxcrew Gameshow, a spiritual ancestor to MCC in which content creators play classic game shows recreated in Minecraft, ran from 2012 to 2015.[4] Noxcrew incorporated in 2017 and grew over time to include about 50 volunteer members in 2022; it had more than 30 staff in 2024.[4][9]
Scott Major, a Scottish YouTuber also known as Smajor1995 or Dangthatsalongname, said he got the idea for MCC after playing in Minecraft Monday, a Minecraft team competition hosted by Keemstar.[10] He said he liked the general format but found Keemstar hard to work with.[10] When Minecraft Monday ended in late 2019, there was an opening for a new personality-driven Minecraftesports competition.[1][11] Major said he approached Panić of Noxcrew for advice, and Panić volunteered to collaborate to produce a new event.[10]
Debut and development
MC Championship was announced on Twitter and YouTube on 8 November 2019.[12][13] The first event was held the next week on 17 November 2019.[4] Events continue to be held about once a month.[1] Most participants livestream their points of view on YouTube or Twitch.[2] MCC's rise coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] An estimated 500,000 concurrent viewers (including 100,000 for Dream) watched MCC 9 in September 2020,[14] and MCC 15 peaked at 913,000 viewers in July 2021.[15] MCC was "the biggest competitive Minecraft event" by early 2022;[4] Major said earlier that was it was the world's "largest Minecraft streaming event".[16] Viewership declined to an average of over 100,000 by the end of 2022.[15]
MCC has evolved over the years with new maps, designs, and players.[2][17] Development of new maps begins with a stage of prototyping called greyboxing in which key elements are laid out without consideration for décor.[4] Existing games have occasionally been "remixed" to be played with different mechanics.[15] Team composition is shuffled by Major each event for the sake of competitive balance as well as player preferences for profanity use and requests for one teammate.[4] About three new players are admitted each event.[4] A score-tracking website, MCC Live, launched in May 2021.[18]
Non-canon events
Several special non-canon MCC events have taken place. A Pride-themed event in June 2021 raised more than US$300,000 for the nonprofit the Trevor Project.[2][7] MCC Rising events have featured less established Minecraft content creators,[19][20] while MCC All-Stars featured lineups of only past MCC winners.[21] MCC Underdogs included only players who had not won any event up to that point.[22] Wins in the Jingle Jam and Rising tournaments do not count towards the overall wins of players. The concept of non-canon events were retired starting in season 4.
Fan engagement
MCC has invited fans to participate in several ways. Fans comprised two of the teams competing in MCC 10 in September 2020.[3] A public Minecraft server called MCC Island, featuring a selection of MCC minigames, was announced on 29 May 2021.[23] The server opened in closed beta on 20 August 2022.[23] The server also gives MCC competitors a chance to practice the minigames between events.[24] Noxcrew crowdsourced builds for the Big Sales at Build Mart minigame in April 2022. In June 2024, Noxcrew with Minecraft made a public bedrock server, in which special challenges were added for each MCC team each rewarding a emote, at last completing them would give a special MCC cape reward compatible on both editions.[6]
MCC Island was announced on May 30, 2021, advertised as a public Minecraft server featuring mini-games inspired from MC Championships. The server was released under a closed beta on August 20, 2024. Players were able to join by earning a ticket, either by purchasing or joining the waitlist. On June 13, 2023, the server was now under an open beta and would finally release to the public on June 20, 2023.
Teams compete head to head to fill a central area with concrete and/or trying to eliminate all the opposing players.[5]
Dynaball
Two teams of eight have to defend their territory while attacking the other team with TNT and other gadgets.
Hole in the Wall
Movement
Players avoid getting knocked off a shrinking platform by moving walls.[5]
Parkour Warrior Dojo
Play through a series of parkour courses that reset every month.
Parkour Warrior Survivor
Players try to complete an obstacle course within a time limit, with progressive difficulty and optional parkour challenges. Inspired by the game show Ninja Warrior.[4]
Sky Battle
PVP
Teams fight each other on floating structures as the map border shrinks.[5]
Rocket Spleef Rush
Movement
Players try to survive using a pair of elytras and a custom rocket launcher while platforms gradually appear and disappear.
TGTTOSAWAF
Players race across a series of maps. Short for "To Get to the Other Side and Whack a Fan". One of the maps was inspired by the game show Takeshi's Castle.[4][5]
