MC Championship (MCC) 28: Live scores and game standings

The second season of the MC Championships (MCC) will come to an end with MCC 28, which is a regular version of the Minecraft tournament with an added layer of festive spirit for the winter season. A group of 40 creators will once more head into the Decision Dome to decide which mini-games they’ll play to round out season two of MCC.

A total of 10 teams will be competing in MCC 28 as usual, but these teams feature special names for the holiday season. Instead of names like the Red Rabbits, Lime Llamas, and Purple Pandas, players will instead be watching the Red Reindeer, Mint Mistletoes, and Purple Penguins. Special name changes exist for all 10 teams competing in the event, so fans will want to keep the changes in mind while cheering on their favorite team.

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The 28th installment of the Minecraft tournament will also be the final one for season two of MCC, which means that the event will take a hiatus once the winners of MCC 28 have been crowned. Fans will see the return of the tournament on a monthly basis with season three in early 2023, likely around March as has been the case with previous event breaks.

While fans won’t be able to enjoy monthly installments of MCC for a short time, they can still join the MCC Island server to stay in the MCC spirit even while the event isn’t running. Noxcrew has said they plan to utilize the break from monthly MCCs to push out more new content for the Minecraft server, so those who enjoy the tournament may want to try jumping in on the action themselves.

Fans hoping to keep up with the event as it occurs or see how players scored during it will find a full breakdown of all MCC 28 scores below. This breakdown includes the eight mini-games that the 10 teams choose to play, the order that teams play the mini-games in, team placements for every mini-game, who takes first place after each mini-game, the top two teams who move on to the Dodgebolt finale, and the team that ultimately claims victory in the 28th installment of the Minecraft event with all information being added as the event occurs.

Rocket Spleef Rush scores

The first mini-game of MCC 28 chosen by the 10 teams was Rocket Spleef Rush, which is a survival game that takes place over three rounds where competitors must try to outlast other players while flying around the map with an elytra. Players can also utilize rocket launchers to try to eliminate the other teams while they are all soaring through the air. All platforms throughout the map will slowly crumble, which forces players to continuously move to the next one.

Rocket Spleef Rush Winner: Emerald Elves

First Place Overall: Emerald Elves

Parkour Warrior Scores

The second game to take place during MCC 28 was Parkour Warrior. This game made a grand return with a refreshed look and gameplay style during the MCC 26 Halloween event. Before it returned, Parkour Warrior was out of the event for quite some time but is now officially back in the mini-game pool.

As the name of the game hints, Parkour Warrior is all about putting Minecraft parkour skills to the test. All competitors must work through a series of complex obstacles where they will need to make tough decisions regarding which paths to take. More difficult paths will grant better rewards, but may also be more time-consuming and difficult which could instead lead to players earning fewer coins overall. 

Parkour Warrior Winner: Emerald Elves

First Place Overall: Emerald Elves

Ace Race Scores

MCC 28’s third game took place after the server timed out and a team substitution was made, so things were slightly delayed for a bit. Ace Race was chosen to be played third with a brand new map covered in snow for the winter season. This map asks players to complete the course four times, as opposed to many other Ace Race maps that ask players to complete three.

Ace Race is essentially one long obstacle course race. Competitors must fly with an elytra, run through obstacles, utilize tridents to quickly navigate water, and jump on special jump pads to make their way through Ace Race as quickly as possible. All coins in Ace Race are earned based on who completes the entire four-lap run fastest, so all teams want to try and finish the race as swiftly as they can.

Ace Race Winner: Teal Turkeys

First Place Overall: Emerald Elves

Grid Runners Scores

The fourth game of MCC 28 was Grid Runners, which is a game that is all about teamwork. All 10 teams are placed in their own run of an identical obstacle course and must work with their other three teammates to navigate through each of the Grid Runners’ rooms to finish the course as quickly as they can.

Each room will test out different Minecraft skills alongside the primary focus on teamwork and communication. Teams may need to navigate parkour courses, eliminate mobs hidden around a room, craft a certain set of items, shoot at a series of targets, recreate a sculpture, locate a collection of items, or otherwise complete specific tasks to finish a Grid Runners room.

Grid Runners Winner: Red Reindeer

First Place Overall: Emerald Elves

Battle Box Scores

MCC took its usual halftime break following the fourth game of the tournament for the signature audience blockout vote. This vote takes four of the games in MCC’s mini-game pool and asks fans of the tournament to cast their vote for which game should be played next.

Out of the four mini-games, whichever receives the least fan votes will then be the next game that is played. The pool for MCC 28’s audience blockout included Sky Battle, Meltdown, Battle Box, and Snows of Time, which is the holiday version of Sands of Time.

Ultimately, Battle Box received the fewest votes and thus was chosen as the fifth game for MCC 28. Battle Box is a primarily PvP-based game that pits each of the 10 teams against one another in a series of head-to-head duels over nine individual rounds. Players can gain coins for eliminating other players in the four-versus-four battles and for successfully claiming the center of the map with their team’s color.

Battle Box Winner: Ginger Breadmen

First Place Overall: Ginger Breadmen

Meltdown Scores

Meltdown was chosen as the sixth game of MCC 28. This mini-game is an epic battle royale between the 10 teams who are all placed within an ever-melting map. Meltdown takes place over three distinctive rounds with the ultimate goal being to accumulate as many coins as possible.

Coins are gained by eliminating other players and mining gold from around the Meltdown map. Because all Meltdown rooms are slowly melting away, all players must continuously move toward the center of the map which is also where the most gold is located.

Meltdown arms players with bows and arrows which are the only means that they can utilize to eliminate other players. However, the bows are enchanted to freeze enemies, and players are only able to freeze their foes who are then only eliminated if they are fully melted down and not saved by heaters placed down by their teammates.

Meltdown Winner: Teal Turkeys

First Place Overall: Teal Turkeys

Sky Battle Scores

The seventh game played in MCC 28 was Sky Battle, which suspends all 10 teams on a map situated in the sky. This mini-game is also a battle royale style game where teams are working to eliminate all others while also working towards the center of the map as the border continuously moves inwards.

Players can find loot around the map and craft more powerful assets to help them see success in Sky Battle. Sky Battle takes place over three rounds all on the same map and players have a few opportunities to score big. Coins are earned for outlasting other players and for successfully eliminating other players.

Sky Battle Winner: Emerald Elves

First Place Overall: Emerald Elves

Sands of Time Scores

The final game in MCC 28 was Sands of Time, which is perhaps the game that is chosen to be played last most frequently due to how massive the coin differential within the game can be and how it allows teams to move up drastically. Sands of Time had a dramatic decoration shift for MCC 28 wherein it was called Snows of Time and instead of collecting sand, players instead had to collect snow.

Sands of Time takes place in a complex dungeon that players must navigate to gain coins. The dungeon is filled with puzzles, obstacles, dangerous mobs, and all other manner of challenges that players can choose to complete for coins. However, players must also be sure to keep their sand timer (or for MCC 28, their snow timer) full because if it runs out, all players still in the game will lose everything and score no coins at all. It is an incredibly rewarding game, but it is also perhaps the most dangerous game in all of MCC with a high-risk, high-reward gameplay style.

Sands of Time Winner: Red Reindeer

First Place Overall: Emerald Elves

Coin results

The coin totals across all eight mini-games for the 10 competing teams are as follows. The Emerald Elves and the Teal Turkeys scored the most and thus moved forward to the finale Dodgebolt duel to see who could win it all.

Dodgebolt results

The final duel between the Emerald Elves and the Teal Turkeys was a close fight with both teams taking hits on each other across the three rounds that took place.

The Teal Turkeys ultimately won MCC 28 with a Dodgebolt score of 3-0.