MC Championship

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MC Championship
MC Championship logo.png
Game Minecraft
Founded2019;6 years ago (2019)
First seasonSeason 1 (2019–2020)
AdministratorScott Major
Organising bodyNoxcrew
No. of teams10
Competitors40 (per event)
Most titles Sapnap & Smajor1995 (8 wins)
Official website mcchampionship.com

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 Minecraft minigames. The tournament began its first season on 17 November 2019. Its fifth and current season began on 3 May 2025.

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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
GameTypeSpanDescription
Ace RaceMovementMCC 7–Players run laps through a race course scattered with special powerups.
Battle Box PVP MCC 2–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 MartTeamMCC 3–Players recreate a series of builds block for block. [6]
Bingo but FastTeamMCC 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 RaceMovementMCC 1–6Players run through a race course while trying to sabotage opponents and avoid obstcales.
Grid RunnersTeamMCC 16–Teams complete challenges to progress through a series of rooms. [7]
Hole in the WallMovementMCC 1–Players avoid getting knocked off a shrinking platform by moving walls. [5]
Lockout BingoTeamMCC 1–5Player complete tasks on a bingo board while being able to attack opponents.
MeltdownPVPMCC 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 TagMovementMCC 12–Teams play 1v3 elimination tag on a circular parkour course.
Parkour WarriorMovementMCC 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 RushTeamMCC 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 SpleefMovementMCC 1–13Players try to eliminate opponents off the arena while trying to survive with a pair of elytras and a special rocket launcher.
Rocket Spleef RushMovementMCC 20–Players try to survive using a pair of elytras and a custom rocket launcher while platforms gradually appear and disappear.
Sands of TimeTeamMCC 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 BattlePVPMCC 9–Teams fight each other on floating structures as the map border shrinks. [5]
SkyblocklePVPMCC 1–8, AFTeams gather items (Much like in the classic map "Skyblock") to fight each other. The last team standing wins.
Survival GamesPVPMCC 1–Teams open chests and find loot to fight each other while the border shrinks as the game progresses.
TGTTOSAWAFMovementMCC 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 Minecraft esports 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 Rising and "invitational tournaments", such as the Jingle Jam and Magenta eTrophy events, 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] Noxcrew crowdsourced builds for the Big Sales at Build Mart minigame in April 2022. In June 2024, Noxcrew collaborated with Minecraft to make a public 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]

List of champions

DateEventWinnerTeam members
Season 1 [24] (2019–2020)
17 November 20191Purple PandasMichaelmcchill, Kara Corvus, Kratzy, King_Burren
9 February 20202Aqua Horses [a] Quig, HBomb94, Ryguyrocky, MiniMukaYT
14 March 20203Orange Ocelots Vikkstar123, PeteZahHutt, Smajor1995, Shubble
18 April 20204Purple Pandas Wilbur Soot, Technoblade, TommyInnit, Ph1LzA
16 May 20205Yellow YaksSmajor1995 (2), Shubble (2), Quig (2), Seapeekay
13 June 20206Blue BatsFruitberries, Fundy, CaptainPuffy, Bitzel
18 July 20207Green Guardians [b] PeteZahHutt (2), fWhip, Eret, HBomb94 (2)
15 August 20208Pink Parrots Dream, Technoblade (2), King_Burren (2), Michaelmcchill (2)
12 September 20209Blue BatsHBomb94 (3), Fruitberries (2), FalseSymmetry, Rendog
26 September 202010Orange OcelotsPeteZahHutt (3), SmallishBeans, FalseSymmetry (2), Cubfan135
24 October 202011Fuchsia Frankensteins [c] Dream (2), GeorgeNotFound, Sapnap, Karl Jacobs
14 November 202012Green Guardians [d] GeorgeNotFound (2), Ph1LzA (2), TapL, Wilbur Soot (2)
5 December 2020Jingle JamSimon's Angels [e] InTheLittleWood, Lewis Brindley, Simon Lane, SolidarityGaming
12 December 202013Teal Turkeys [f] Eret (2), Illumina, Krinios, Punz
Season 2 [24] (2021–2022)
29 May 202114Aqua AxolotlsHBomb94 (4), Smajor1995 (3), SolidarityGaming, Wisp
26 June 2021Pride 21Aqua AxolotlsIllumina (2), Gizzy Gazza, KreekCraft, Ryguyrocky (2)
24 July 202115Red Rabbits Dream (3), Sapnap (2), Michaelmcchill (3), Quackity
28 August 202116Pink Parrots Dream (4), F1NN5TER, BadBoyHalo, Seapeekay (2)
18 September 202117Orange OcelotsFalseSymmetry (3), Grian, PeteZahHutt (4), SB737
2 October 2021RisingPink Parrotsjojosolos, SpeedSilver, xNestorio, Blushi
23 October 202118Mustard Mummies [g] Sylvee, Tubbo, Sapnap (3), Smajor1995 (4)
13 November 2021All-StarsRed Rabbits Sapnap (4), BadBoyHalo (2), Dream (5), GeorgeNotFound (3)
11 December 202119Teal Turkeys [h] Ph1LzA (3), Sneegsnag, TommyInnit (2), Sapnap (5)
26 March 202220Aqua AxolotlsHBomb94 (5), 5up, GeminiTay, Antfrost
30 April 202221Cyan Coyotes Sapnap (6), Seapeekay (3), Snifferish, KryticZeuz
28 May 202222Pink ParrotsPurpled, TommyInnit (3), CaptainSparklez, TheOrionSound
18 June 2022Pride 22Red Rabbits Dream (6), GeorgeNotFound (4), Karl Jacobs (2), Foolish Gamers
23 July 202223Orange OcelotsQuig (3), InTheLittleWood, Eret (3), F1NN5TER (2)
22 August 202224Yellow Yaks Dream (7), BadBoyHalo (3), Skeppy, GeorgeNotFound (5)
24 September 202225Green GeckosSmallishBeans (2), jojosolos, GoodTimesWithScar, Seapeekay (4)
3 October 202226Violet Vampires [i] Fruitberries (3), Philza (4), Shubble (3), TheOrionSound (2)
12 November 202227 – UnderdogsPurple PandasBlushi, FireBreathMan, BdoubleO100, impulseSV
3 December 202228Teal Turkeys [h] Punz (2), Sneegsnag (2), SolidarityGaming (2), CaptainSparklez (2)
Season 3 [24] (2023)
18 March 202329Aqua AxolotlsHBomb94 (6), Kratzy (2), Cubfan135 (2), FalseSymmetry (4)
1 April 2023ScuffedBlue BatsGeminiTay (2), fWhip (2), SmallishBeans (3), Smajor1995 (5)
Lime LlamasSkeppy (2), awesamdude, BadBoyHalo (4), Ponk
29 April 202330Purple PandasSolidarityGaming (3), FireBreathMan (2), InTheLittleWood (2), Smajor1995 (6)
20 May 202331Red Rabbitsjojosolos (2), Shadoune666, OllieGamerz, CapitanGatoYT
10 June 2023Pride 23Purple PandasKratzy (3), Mysticat, Elaina_Exe, Gizzy Gazza (2)
15 July 202332Red RabbitsAntfrost (2), Ranboo, Aimsey, GoodTimesWithScar (2)
5 August 202333Red Rabbits Sapnap (7), Ponk (2), Punz (3), vGumiho
26 August 2023Rising 2Lime LlamasNominalgravy, WadeBox, NomadOfTheWorld, KhaosKorps
16 September 202334Cyan CoyotesOllieGamerz (2), Sapnap (8), Shadoune666 (2), RedVelvetCake
20 October 2023Twitch RivalsYellow YaksAntfrost (3), awesamdude (2), Cubfan135 (3), CaptainSparklez (3)
11 November 2023PartyCyan CoyotesElaina_Exe (2), Fruitberries (4), Hannahxxrose, vGumiho (2)
9 December 202335Pink Presents [j] Wallibear, Shubble (4), Hannahxxrose (2), Kratzy (4)
Season 4 (2024)
4 May 2024Season 4 Kick-OffRed RabbitsFeinberg, TheOrionSound (3), Kara Corvus (2), ChilledChaos
1 June 2024Pride 24Cyan CoyotesJojosolos (3), Hannahxxrose (3), Aimsey (2), PearlescentMoon
30 June 2024Twitch Rivals EuropeCyan Coyotes5up (2), Jeremy Frieser, Snifferish (2), Wolfeei
27 July 2024The Ender CupPurple PandasSmajor1995 (7), PearlescentMoon (2), fWhip (3), bekyamon
7 September 2024Rising 3Pink Parrotsashswag, Block Facts, PrinceZam, Squiddo
21 September 2024Twitch Rivals San DiegoRed RabbitsBaboAbe, Guqqie, Shadoune666 (3), Sneegsnag (3)
26 October 2024Haunted HoedownAqua Abominations [k] AntVenom, ghostiefruit, CaptainSparklez (4), Shadoune666 (4)
7 December 2024Party 2Orange OcelotsAntfrost (4), GeminiTay (3), impulseSV (2), Smajor1995 (8)
Season 5 (2025–present)
3 May 2025Blank CanvasPurple PandasCaptainPuffy (2), FireBreathMan (3), Krinios (2), Snifferish (3)
1 June 2025Colour the WorldPink Parrotsaimsey (3), guqqie (2), Pangi, SandwichLord
14 June 2025Magenta eTrophy: MCC EditionOrange OcelotsLetsHugo, FlentroX, Mikagoated, luucaalol
28 June 2025Pride 25Cyan Coyotes5up (3), Eskay, Rainhoe, sleepy
13 September 2025Builders' Guild
19 October 2025Twitch Rivals 5
  1. ↑ Now Aqua Axolotls
  2. ↑ Now Green Geckos
  3. ↑ Replaced Pink Parrots for this Halloween event
  4. ↑ Now Green Geckos
  5. ↑ Replaced Red Rabbits for this special event
  6. ↑ Replaced Aqua Axolotls for this festive season event
  7. ↑ Replaced Yellow Yaks for this Halloween event
  8. 1 2 Replaced Cyan Coyotes for this festive season event
  9. ↑ Replaced Purple Pandas for this Halloween event
  10. ↑ Replaced Pink Parrots for this festive season event
  11. ↑ Replaced Aqua Axolotls for this Halloween event

MCC Island

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, 2022. 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. The server also gives MCC competitors a chance to practice the minigames between events. [25]

GameTypeDescription
Battle Box PVP Teams compete head to head to fill a central area with concrete and/or trying to eliminate all the opposing players. [5]
DynaballTwo teams of eight have to defend their territory while attacking the other team with TNT and other gadgets.
FishingStrategyPlayers individually find fishing spots to attempt to get fish and treasure on different islands. The game features an RPG-like progression separate from that of the rest of the server.
Hole in the WallMovementPlayers avoid getting knocked off a shrinking platform by moving walls. [5]
Parkour Warrior DojoPlay through a series of parkour courses that reset every month.
Parkour Warrior SurvivorPlayers 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 BattlePVPTeams fight each other on floating structures as the map border shrinks. [5]
Rocket Spleef RushMovementPlayers try to survive using a pair of elytras and a custom rocket launcher while platforms gradually appear and disappear.
TGTTOSPlayers race across a series of maps. Short for "To Get to the Other Side". One of the maps was inspired by the game show Takeshi's Castle . [4] [5]

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