I've seen a large number of challenges popping up lately, some with actual merit, others that are just silly. What do you consider needed for a challenge to be worth the effort and what do you consider ridiculous limitations?
In my opinion the most important thing a challenge needs is either a finite end to it or it needs to be sustainable. If it does have a finite 'do this to win the challenge', that needs to be something reasonable, something you can do in up to 24 hours worth of play. Filling a double chest with stacks of diamond blocks is so far from reasonable it's liable to encourage me to flame the hell out of a challenge.
The challenges that I find the most ridiculous include no crafting (Note I don't include adventure maps with that), or are very gimmick reliant. There was a challenge I saw a few months ago, giving you 18 minutes to build a nether portal with no crafting of tools. The challenge was entirely reliant on the seed the poster suggested, which had a surface dungeon with a bucket, and also a surface lava pool. It was very possible, but only if you had a seed with the perfect set up.
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In my opinion the most important thing a challenge needs is either a finite end to it or it needs to be sustainable. If it does have a finite 'do this to win the challenge', that needs to be something reasonable, something you can do in up to 24 hours worth of play. Filling a double chest with stacks of diamond blocks is so far from reasonable it's liable to encourage me to flame the hell out of a challenge.
The challenges that I find the most ridiculous include no crafting (Note I don't include adventure maps with that), or are very gimmick reliant. There was a challenge I saw a few months ago, giving you 18 minutes to build a nether portal with no crafting of tools. The challenge was entirely reliant on the seed the poster suggested, which had a surface dungeon with a bucket, and also a surface lava pool. It was very possible, but only if you had a seed with the perfect set up.