Ender Cup

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The Ender Cup is a special edition of MC Championship organized in collaboration with Mojang Studios as part of Minecraft's 15th anniversary. It took place on July 27, 2024, 17:00 UTC.^[1][2]

The event was streamed by contestants on their respective platforms and broadcasted on the official Minecraft Twitch and YouTube channels, with ChelseaBytes and Jvckk as the hosts.^[3]

Contestants

Main Rosters

The main rosters teams were announced on July 18-19, 2024, consists of 10 teams of 4 contestants on each team, making it 40 contestants in total.^[2][4]

Reserves

Unlike most MCC events, this MCC has a reserves list. This was made in case if any of the main rosters were unable to participate in the event.^[5] A total of 10 backup contestants are listed here:

Games

This edition of MC Championship consists of 8 games themed around different Minecraft updates to celebrate its 15th anniversary and a final. The winners receive a unique, physical trophy of the Ender Cup for the event.^[6]

Sky Battle

Sky Battle is a team-based Battle Royale game mode where the last team standing wins, but on islands flying above the void. Players must build bridges to move around the map and find loot in chests scattered the map.

For the Ender Cup, Sky Battle map was called "Coral" and were themed around the Update Aquatic (1.13) and the Village & Pillage (1.14) update, with the map being based on oceans, villages, and pillager outposts.^[7] Unlike most other MCC events, Sky Battle uses tridents as the main starter weapon.

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (1.0x multiplier)

Survival Games

Survival Games is a team-based Battle Royale game mode where the last team standing wins. Players must find loot (such as weapons, food and armor) in chests hidden across the map. As the timer counts down, the world border progressively converge towards the center of the map. Players will earn coins by killing other players or mining airdrop crates.

For the Ender Cup, Survival Games map was called "Biomefield" and were themed around 1.0.0, the first full version of the game. Thus, it focuses on some structures such as desert temples and villages, and some biomes such as the End.^[8]

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (1.5x multiplier)

Parkour Warrior

Parkour Warrior consists of a parkour race composed of different leaps. Each leap must be completed before the timer runs out, or the player starts taking damage. Once the player's health reaches zero, they are out.

For the Ender Cup, Parkour Warrior were themed around the Alpha and Beta development cycles of Minecraft.^[9]

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (1.5x multiplier)

Ace Race

Ace Race consists of a multi-lap race relying on mechanics such as jump pads, tridents enchanted with Riptide, gliding, and swimming. Traps and shortcuts are scattered across the track.

For the Ender Cup, Ace Race map was called "Dark Descent" and were themed around the Caves and Cliffs (1.17-1.18) and The Wild Update (1.19), as it features mountains, cheese caves, lush caves and an ancient city.^[10]

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (2.0x multiplier)

Meltdown

Meltdown is a PVP game set in a labyrinth where are scattered crates of coins. Players have bows that freeze their enemies once hit. Once a player is frozen, they are stuck in an ice block until a teammate uses a heater near them. Meanwhile, the labyrinth melts, pushing players closer and closer to the center.

For the Ender Cup, Meltdown map was called "Bastion" and were themed around the Nether Update (1.16).^[11]

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (2.0x multiplier)

Hole in the Wall

In Hole in the Wall, players must stay on a platform by dodging moving walls made out of slime blocks. As the game progresses, the platform shrinks. Players gets coins whenever another player dies before them, and if they finish in the top 3. It consists of 3 rounds.

For the Ender Cup, Hole in the Wall map was called "Ocean Monument" and were themed around the Bountiful Update (1.8) as it features slime blocks and is taken place in an ocean monument.^[12]

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (2.5x multiplier)

To Get to the Other Side

To Get to the Other Side (most commonly referred to as TGTTOS) consists of a race in which players can punch each other to deal knockback and must hit a chicken to complete the race and win coins. Because there are fewer chickens than players, players must help their teammates to get more coins.

For the Ender Cup, TGTTOS maps consists of 6 rounds, called "Spectrum", "Shallow Water", "Mansion", "Ice Walker", "Maze", and "Shulker", and were themed around the Combat Update (1.9), the Frostburn Update (1.10), the Exploration Update (1.11), and the World of Color Update (1.12).^[13]

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (2.5x multiplier)

Grid Runners

Grid Runners is a game first featured during MINECON Earth 2018^[14] which consists of a puzzle race. Each team must complete a same series of 8 rooms featuring different challenges such as puzzles, shooting galleries and crafting challenges. Coins are awarded based on the ranking of each team for each individual room as well as the overall ranking.

For the Ender Cup, Grid Runners were themed around The Update that Changed the World (1.7.2).^[15]

Game leaderboard

Event leaderboard (3.0x multiplier)

Dodgebolt

Dodgebolt is the final game of MC Championship events. It is played between the two teams having scored the most points during the 8 main games to determine the event's winner. Inspired by the real life game of Dodgeball, contestants are given a bow and an arrow and must defeat the other team in a best-of-five match.^[16]

For the Ender Cup, Dodgebolt were themed around the Ender Cup itself.

Game leaderboard

Leaderboard

Videos

Trailer

Livestream VoD

Final Memory Sequence

Trivia

• Noxcrew refers to the Combat Update as the "End Update" on the Ender Cup website.^[13]
• During the timeline sequence before the Dodgebolt game, several previously unnamed updates were given names, including "The Jungle Update" for 1.2 and "The Villager Trading Update" for 1.3.
• The Ender Cup intro music plays the same music as the MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party hub music called music_hub. The latter can be heard here as a snippet.
  • This is now later used regularly in the next MCC events.
• The Ace Race "Dark Descent" map uses the seed -1447 as the base for the map.^[17][18]
• During the Minecraft timeline sequence before the Dodgebolt game, a Jellie cat appears at the 1.14 builds, as a tribute after Jellie's passing.

Gallery

Official artwork

• 
  Ender Cup logo.
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  Ender Cup visual only logo.
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  Ender Cup text only logo.
• 
  Header of Noxcrew's Ender Cup announcement article.
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  The banner used on the MC Championship website.
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  The banner used on the MC Championship social media.
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  Header of the collaboration announcement article.
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  Header of Mojang's Ender Cup announcement article.
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  A promotion image of the End Cup.
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  Ditto.

Photographs

• 
  Ender Cup trophy in real life.
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  One of the jerseys for the event.

Screenshots

Main Lobby

Parkour Warrior

Survival Games

Grid Runners

Hole in the Wall

To Get to the Other Side

Sky Battle

Meltdown

Ace Race

Dodgebolt

References

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