CrossAye UHC

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Ultra Hard-Core (UHC) is a gamemode created by the Mindcrack group back in the hay-day of YouTube. Our UHC is one of the first cross-compatible UHC's out there. This aims to bring some fun back to Minecraft after all players not having much to do with it for many years. Hopefully there will be around 2/3 of them a year and different ideas will be put forward each season to keep it fresh.

Season 1
Season One of the CrossAye UHC was recorded on the 11th April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was done using the 1.14 version of Bedrock Edition Minecraft. This was to allow cross-compatibility across 3 different platforms (PS4, Xbox One and Windows 10 Edition) to maximise the number of players allowed in the game (8). There is a montage of best bits from 3 recordings (Toxic_Rex_ & DivoOrigo with live commentary alongside video and keiran2298 with raw footage) available at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbTqsEMU0ss. Command blocks were used to spreadplayers, start the game, etc. The game went on for just over 2.5 hours due to personal connection issues with HumphGuy midway through. Team yellow came out on top, both zZ TOXIC SNOOZ and scaryotterthing surviving the whole game although scaryotterthing was killed by crossfire within the first 30 minutes so was aloud to respawn. The game was hosted on Toxic_Rex_'s PS4, through WiFi at a 50m/bs connection which held out for the whole game. The map was manually created by Toxic_Rex_ and a water world border kept the 1500x1500 in tact.

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As above, there were 4 teams of two that played in the first season. They were spread out equally in the 1500x1500 mostly vanilla map. Early on there was a 'not classified death' in which scaryotterthing was slain by zZ TOXIC SNOOZ in friendly fire. Due to this being within the first 30 minutes he was allowed to re-join the game. It is speculated that this was done to regain full health but this technically was not against the rules so no punishment was given (it will be stopped in season 2). After DivoOrigo lost a quarter of his health erecting a penis statue they started mining in the mesa biome where they found plenty of gold to re-heal and get basic equipment. Meanwhile, Keiran and X__Wilson had stacked up pretty quickly and decided to make a base at 0,0 which they were at for over an hour, waiting for conflict. Toxic_Rex_ and HumphGuy were mining for sometime and managed to find a notch apple. Unfortunately 1 hour and 45 minutes in, HumphGuy lost connection due to his internet going down. For the next 30 minutes, Toxic_Rex_ was trying to get him back into the game which gave other teams more of an advantage in collecting materials. Although the blue team remained at 0,0 waiting very bored. Eventually HumphGuy managed to return and Toxic_Rex_ called all teams to 0,0 for a final battle. The green team got their first, they attempted to dig underneath the blue teams base which was unsuccessful and they ran away. Red team witnessed this and then started their advance on Keiran and Phil. They slowly edged closer and closer but CivilianPrawn89 out of no-where pounced on Toxic_Rex_ where HumphGuy easily finished him off. This gave them confidence and they eventually made the blue teams base after taking some arrows to the face. Keiran and Phil used their water and lava buckets well, splitting Rex and Humph up after a TNT explosion from them. Keiran and Phil then pounced on the vulnerable HumphGuy and after a few swings of the sword, X__Wilson shot him. Toxic_Rex_ then came in late to fight and with both blue team members down on health, he wiped them out, Keiran first and then Phil. Through this fight, zZ TOXIC SNOOZ and scaryotterthing had taken over the 0,0 base and were shooting at Toxic_Rex_ and X__Wilson taking off health from them both. Toxic_Rex_ noticed they had come down to improve the moat, so he went in with a lava bucket, taking damage from scaryotterthing but zZ TOXIC SNOOZ got the best of Rex and slayed him with two hits. This left Yellow team (SNOOZ and scary) vs DivoOrigo for the final battle. Divo was very under powered and he came out of hiding to try attack SNOOZ, he pressed the wrong button (change view instead of attack..... yeh no idea how) and SNOOZ finished him off easily which in turn made the yellow team the champions of season 1.

Season 2
Season 2 was recorded on the 24th July 2020. HumphGuy was unavailable for this season, so EBOMeerkat appeared for the first time. He teamed up with Keiran2298 and X__Wilson played alongside Toxic_Rex_. CivilainParwn89 had to pull out late so DivoOrigo was joined by FallButton93540. Current title holders, SNOOZ and scaryotterthing, stayed together, but played split-screen this season. Shields were also banned for season 2, to make the PvP more exciting and the game quicker as a whole. It was carried out on the new 1.16 version of Bedrock Minecraft. After a few connection issues at the start, it resulted the game starting 45 minutes later than expected. There were 5 different perspectives that were recorded, so you can see all the teams progress thoughout on the Rex Races channel (link will be here when upload occurs). The Red team of Toxic_Rex_ and X__Wilson came out on top after the 1.5 hour game.

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Season two was supposed to kick off at 19:00 on the 24th July 2020 but with lateness from players due to connection issues, it had to start at 7:45 after EBOMeerkat re-downloaded the whole game. There were 4 teams as two and the premise of the season was just the same as season 1 but shields were banned throughout, (Although yellow team had to be reminded when the 0,0 battle commenced) which made PvP more exciting and quicker as a whole. All players were spread to the corners of a 1500x1500 map hosted again by Toxic_Rex_ PS4 (which for some reason lagged abit more this season). Once the game finally started, Divo and Button were struggling with a witch, dying multiple times in the process. They eventually killed the witch and were allowed to carry on with the 30 minute grace period coming into effect. All teams slowly started to kit up, with SNOOZ and scary coming across the end stronghold and using the bookcases to their advantage to enchant. Meanwhile Red and Blue team were in all call together but going for different strategies. Keiran and EBO were doing very well on the diamond front whereas Rex and Wilson were having to go the enchantment route but also managed to get multiple arrow since parrots drop feathers. The hour mark came and it was time to head to 0,0 for the final battle. Divo and Button got there first and decided to make a slight sky base above the water to get the advantage on the opposition. Yellow team came across them and the Green team decided to come down from there base and try attack scary who had been left vulnerable by SNOOZ. Scaryotterthing had a fire aspect sword which eventually came out on top as he slayed both Divo and Button but they didn't go down without a fight, leaving them both very low on health. Meanwhile, Red and Blue team had gone into their own calls and were making their way to 0,0 from different directions. Wilson spotted them split-up, so he took a pot shot at SNOOZ and much to Phil's amazement, he was a one shot kill. This then left an in form scary on his own, but he was also very low on health and Wilson managed to get a one shot on him. Rex and Phil managed to get their weapons which made the Red team much stronger. On the other side of the hill, blue team watched the 'battle' and managed to get some of the enchanted armour the red team missed. Once the teams started to engage, Phil realised they had no bow and arrow so made a bridge across to get the high ground. This helped him get some shots on them and after some back and forth chasing. Phil managed to shoot (and kill) Keiran in the water, which left EBO on his own. Rex decided to advance and if he wasn't going to get the kill, he was confident Wilson would finish the mission. After killing the blue teams dog, Rex managed to slay Elliot and take the win for the reds.

Season 3
Season 3 was hosted 22nd October 2020, midweek to make it more convenient for everyone involved. Current title holders, Toxic_Rex_ and X__Wilson looked to do well but they were not on the same team for this season. Shields were again be banned for season 3, to make the PvP more exciting and the game quicker as a whole. It will be carried out on the 1.16 version of Bedrock Minecraft. It was supposed to consist of 2 teams of 3 and one team of 4,but there was a connection error with the 9th and 10th participants (CivilianPrawn89 and SqUaDxGhOsTz) which resulted in them not being able to play. It was believed that this was due to a LAN error at the time of the game but Toxic_Rex believes it's because there is a problem with PS4 microsoft accounts and the use of the /setmaxplayers command. Unfortunately the two extras were not able to play and for the next one Toxic_Rex_ will try and host off his PC to see if that makes a difference. This will need a test and abit of effort from the player on PS4 as they need to sync to a XBOX Account.

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In true CrossAye fashion, Season 3 kicked off late again. This was due to connection issues with the Green team not being able to join which was later determined to be a PS4 /setmaxplayers command fault within the game. This eventually resulted in two players not being able to join and have 2 teams of 3 and one team of two. Toxic_Rex_ started off the first half an hour trying to get CivilianPrawn89 and SqUaDxGhOsTz to join but as said this was unsuccessful, but it allowed the rest of the players to gain a head start on preparation. The red team decided that they would just get as stacked as possible as they predicted that the Blue team would be doing the same, especially with their head start. They ended up finding a 5-way ravine with a massive cave system around it, which allowed them to gain plenty of resources in the likes of gold and diamonds. The green team (which now only had two players) went down the same route of getting as many resources as possible along with apples. Meanwhile the blue team decided instead of getting gold and diamonds, they would manufacture a trap which they spent over an hour digging a big pit whilst Keiran2298 went and got the bare necessities. The red team got very lucky with the gold, also finding a village helped in the apple department later on with Toxic_Rex_ digging up all the gravel he could find for arrows in the local vicinity. SNOOZ and HumphGuy collected feathers and even more gold so they were as strong as they could be. Divo and Button got bored mining, after finding the diamonds for enchantments they made their way to 0,0 and build a structure to wait for other times. Unknown to them, blue team were already there hiding in their trap and green team were sat waiting. Eventually the red team turned up and after some retreats from green, a battle commenced which saw FallButton kill Toxic_Rex_ and then a friendly fire kill occurred with him also killing DivoOrigo. SNOOZ came in and finished off the hysterical Simmo which allowed them to sort through the 3 dead bodies items. The red team (who were now very healthy with golden apples and enchants) didn't know where the blue team were and went looking for them. After a while X__Wilson came out of the base to try lure them in and after some arrows conflict, Wilson decided to go back into the hole and SNOOZ and Humph guy dug their own way into the base for warfare in the base. Lava buckets were the key here from both sides of the game. SNOOZ managed to shoot Wilson early on in the battle which then made it 2v2. Humph ended up falling down into lava and then EBO triggered the trap which made him fall but luckily for him, he just survived and with the use of golden apples, it allowed him to get back up his health. Whilst this was all happening, SNOOZ was tunneling to EBO who was on his own and a short battle saw him get the job done gaining his 3rd kill of the game. Keiran then left the base through an emergency exit and went onto the surface to hide. SNOOZ tried to follow him but lost his whereabouts and then HumphGuy managed to find him and a final battle occurred where he killed the now weak Keiran2298, taking the victory for the red team.

Season 4
Season 4 was scheduled to be hosted on 16th February 2021, midweek to make it more convenient for everyone involved. But it was cancelled due to various reasons. (see cancelled UHC's further down the page). It was then later rescheduled for 18th March 2021. Current title holders, Toxic_Rex_, zZ TOXIC SNOOZ & HumphGuy looked to do well, but they were not all on the same team this season. Shields were again banned for season 4, to make the PvP more exciting and the game quicker as a whole. It will be carried out on the 1.16 version of Bedrock Minecraft. There was, 7 players in two teams of 3 and one team of 1 for season 4. Abbo_07 was acting a "boss", which would mean that she had the best gear in the game from the start and had to be killed for victory. This season was hosted off Luke's PC rather than his PS4 for the first time. This will need a test and abit of effort from the player's on PS4 as they need to sync to a XBOX Account.

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As per tradition, the UHC started later than planned, but only by 10-15 minutes. This was due to zZ TOXIC SNOOZ downloading Audacity to a different laptop as his old one had failed to record his team's voice call. A late addition to game came about when Rex's younger sister asked to play. It was then decided to make it more interesting, that she would be a highly powered boss in the middle of the map with valuable items that could be taken once she is killed. The Red and Green teams were spawned at opposite corner's of the map (only 1000x1000 blocks, to make the game quicker) and Abbo_07 was spawned into 0,0. Rex's team, decided to stack up straight from the start, as they believed that the Green team would work together well and suit up quickly. But, this was not the case and unknown to the red team, SNOOZ & scary were having to teach maTXc00 how to play the game. maTX00 tried to get the apples for the team, whilst the other two went below ground to get the needed recourses. Meanwhile, the Red team were flying, HumphGuy found a great cave system and Liam ended up finding diamonds before they even had full armour. This then prompted them to go down the enchanting route, to try and compete with the overpowered Abbo. Abbo had built her own little castle at 0,0 to keep her occupied and defend herself. The green team then decided they would go to 0,0 to take on Abbo, with limited equipment as they thought 3v1 would be easy. They had come up with a plan after looking for gunpowder, to kill her with a crossbow and fireworks. Unfortunately, they ended up underestimating her and he started to take their health down bit by bit. She ended up secluding scaryotterthing and chasing him for ages around 0,0. Eventually, Jay turned around to try his new weapon on her, and it was quickly realised that they do not cause damage to a player, and he was quickly slain by her using a bow as she didn't realise she hadn't switched weapon. This then prompted the red team to get a move on, as they were surprised that the green team were already there. Meanwhile, maTXc00 ended up hitting the ground too hard whilst traversing through the jungle which only left SNOOZ in a 1v1 against Abbo, as the red team were still making their way there. SNOOZ knew that he had no chance fighting in a sword fight, so he stayed in the free and set them on fire with lava to try and damage Abbo. It was starting to work, until he accidentally fell into his own lava and Abbo got the final blow with a bow and arrow. Ecstatic, Abbo was healing up to wait for the red team to come and fight. She realised that she was going to be fighting them all at once, so decided to run away to try pick them off one-by-one. Unfortunately this didn't work as Rex and Liam quickly caught up (HumphGuy was having server lag so was struggling to keep up) to her and start a battle. Liam engaged first, getting vital hits on her but also receiving multiple blows himself. He eventually had to give and run with him being on only half a heart. As Abbo chased after him, Rex came in with the fatal blow, taking yet another victory for team red.

Season 5
Season 5 occured on the 23rd Septmber 2021. Current title holders, Toxic_Rex_, xi Liaaam & HumphGuy looked to do well, but their was no teams as each player is on their own. Shields were again banned for season 5, to make the PvP more exciting and the game quicker as a whole. It was carried out on the newly released 1.17 version of Bedrock Minecraft. This season was more like a hunger games set up, where the players find their items in various chests and shulker boxes around the map. This was to bring back some players who disliked the grinding part of the game and also to speed the finale up as a whole, although in the end they did not return for this season and it ended up being the lowest attended season so far. Natural regeneration will still be turned off to make it classify as a UHC. Like season 4, this season was hosted off Luke's PC, rather than his PS4.

Season 6
Season 6 is due to be held in 2022 with the new release of Minecraft's Caves and Cliffs Update Part 2, 1.18. Current title holder xi Liaaam looks to do well, but at this stage participants and teams have not been confirmed. Shields will again be banned for season 6, to make the PvP more exciting and the game quicker as a whole. It will be carried out on the newly released 1.18 version of Bedrock Minecraft, on a seed searched online (460628901). Natural regeneration will still be turned off to make it classify as a UHC. Like season 4 & 5, this season was hosted off Luke's PC, rather than his PS4.

Key
Bold Text = Footage Available

Italic Text = Debut in CrossAye UHC

Winners
Season 1: zZ TOXIC SNOOZ & scaryotterthing

Season 2: Toxic_Rex_ & X__Wilson

Season 3: zZ TOXIC SNOOZ, HumphGuy & Toxic_Rex_

Season 4: Toxic_Rex_, HumphGuy & x iLiaaam x

Season 5: x iLiaaam x

Season 6:

First Death
Season 1: CivilianPrawn89 was slain by HumphGuy

Season 2: FallButton93540 was slain by scaryotterthing

Season 3: Toxic_Rex_ was slain by FallButton93540

Season 4: scaryotterthing was slain by Abbo_07

Season 5: zZ TOXIC SNOOZ was slain by DivoOrigo

Season 6:

Last Death
Season 1: DivoOrigo was slain by zZ TOXIC SNOOZ

Season 2: EBOMeerkat was slain by Toxic_Rex_

Season 3: Keiran2298 was slain by HumphGuy

Season 4: Abbo_07 was slain by Toxic_Rex_

Season 5: Abbo_07 was slain by x iLiaaam x

Season 6:

Debutants
Season 1: Toxic_Rex_, HumphGuy, Keiran2298, X__Wilson, zZ TOXIC SNOOZ, scaryotterthing, DivoOrigo & CivilianPrawn89.

Season 2: EBOMeerkat & FallButton93540

Season 3: None

Season 4: xi Liaaam, maTXc00 & Abbo_07

Season 5: None

Season 6:

First Known Damage
Season 1: DivoOrigo (Fall Damage)

Season 2: zZ TOXIC SNOOZ (Wild Berries)

Season 3:

Season 4:

Season 5:

Season 6:

First Blood
Season 1: CivilianPrawn89 was slain by HumphGuy

Season 2: FallButton93540 was slain by scaryotterthing

Season 3: Toxic_Rex_ was slain by FallButton93540

Season 4: scaryotterthing was slain by Abbo_07

Season 5: zZ TOXIC SNOOZ was slain by DivoOrigo

Season 6:

Cancelled UHC's
Below is a list of failed attempts of UHC's that were scheduled to happen, but didn't.

Trivia
Toxic_Rex_, Keiran2298, HumphGuy and x iLiaaam all played in the DerpClub UHC's (2014-2015)

zZ TOXIC SNOOZ & scaryotterthing won their first ever UHC (S1). xi Liaaam x won his first ever CrossAye UHC (S4).

X__Wilson, zZ TOXIC SNOOZ & Abbo_07 got atleast one kill in their first ever UHC (S1, S1, S4 ). (1, 2, 2 Kills)

Keiran2298 never got a kill in 5 DerpClub UHC's and is still yet to get one in CrossAye.

Most kills in a single season is 3, by X__Wilson (S2) & zZ TOXIC SNOOZ (S3)

The player with the highest average of Kill/Game is X__Wilson with 1.33.

There have been 17 deaths by sword, 7 deaths by bow and two non-PVP deaths.

maTXc00 was the first player to die from non-PVP (fall damage in S4). DivoOrigo then died of fall damage in Season 5 (suicide)

All of DivoOrigo's guests have died first, in their debut UHC. (CivilianPrawn89 & FallButton93540)

Only Toxic_Rex_ & zZ TOXIC SNOOZ have appeared in all CrossAye UHC's.

xi Liaam x has won all CrossAye UHC's he's taken part in. (S4 & S5)

zZ TOXIC SNOOZ has the quickest official death in CrossAye UHC, being 10 minutes. (S5)

The longest CrossAye UHC was Season 1, being 2.5 hours. The shortest being Season 5, only 40 minutes in length.