Capture the Flag Arena? | VeteranCraft General Discussion | Forum

Capture the Flag is a team-based game.

Each team has a "Base."  It's usually a well-fortified location, like a hilltop or bunker.

Inside this Base is a "Flag."  Banners work well, but they can be anything, really.

The goal is to 1) infiltrate the enemy Base, 2) steal the Flag, and 3) return it to your Base.

Completion of returning their Flag to your Base results in a Point.

At the end of the match, the team with the most Points, wins.

There are other rules, but that's the gist of it.

The only reason I can see for having it in the Nether is that PvP is allowed and A/V Sponsors don't have /god there. CtF pretty much requires PvP, as the defense goal is to 1) kill players before they reach your flag, and 2) kill players holding your flag so you can return it to your base.

Without a CtF plugin in place to assist, even with subclaims it's a very moderation-heavy prospect.  The teams would have to be kept small to keep from anarchy ensuing:

• People trying to take or hide their own teams flag to prevent the other team from reaching it.
• Making sure it's known when flags are taken and by whom (if banners could be "equipped" like a samurai flag, that would be ideal, alas).
• Stopping the game (and all PvP) when a point is scored.
• Resetting the game after each point, since the game won't do it itself.
• Ensuring that players aren't using Sponsor Perks like /god or /tp
• Keeping the arena free of non-players

My suggestion, since per frelling's posts we may look into "event servers," is to research good Capture the Flag plugins that we can apply to the events.  That will automate most of the functions and make it much easier to host such events.