MC Championship

MC Championship is a series of livestreamed Minecraft tournaments created by Noxcrew and organized by Smajor1995. The event features 40 content creators facing off in 10 teams of 4, in various minigames intended to put a variety of in-game skills to the test.
The tournament series has gained a large fandom of people interested in doing sports-typical analysis alongside fanwork creators, with both being very positive with each other and recognized by players.
== Fandom ==
The MCC fandom is vast and diverse, boasting more traditional fanworks as well as stat-based analysis of games, events, and players.
Common types of fanworks seen on the subreddit include discussion posts and meta analysis, placement and team predictions, Memes, polls, fanart and fanmade Minecraft Skins, among other forms of fanwork.
Fanfiction is common as well, with the freeform tag on Archive of Our Own having 573 works as of December 2023.Alternate Universe - Minecraft Championshups Setting on AO3. (Accessed 1 December 2023). Visual fanart and animations are also very common in the fandom.
=== Meta ===
Meta fanworks for MCC tend to take various forms - text posts, infographics, videos, spreadsheets, and even whole fan sites such as ReafyStats. Before MCC 18, one fan hosted a multi-platform survey, the MCC18 Cross-Platform Survey. 
Common forms of meta:
* Team and placement predictions (Usually get dedicated threads stickied on the subreddit)
* Discussions on server happenings, favorite players, and the like
* Statistical simulations of events (either real or consisting entirely of fanmade teams)
* Tier lists
* Rankings
* Statistical analysis
* Infographics
* Speculation on possible newcomers
=== Respect/Appreciation Posts ===
A particularly common type of meta fanwork on the MCC subreddit are appreciation/respect posts for individual players, whether based on technical skill in-game, humor, or teamwork abilities. 
Examples of appreciation/respect posts: 
* PHIL APPRECIATION POST
* Can we get some Dream Support?
* Technoblade the MCC Legend
* Can we get some Ryan Krinios support down here?
* Major Shoutout to False!
* Put some damn respect on Pete's name
* Put some respect on Grian's name
* Seapeekay appreciation post
* 5 Players who need more love on here! (Krtzyy, fWhip, Ryguyrocky, Mefs, FalseSymmetry)
* Fruit's actually the king of individual placements
== CCs and Fandom ==
Participants in MCC frequently interact with fans, reacting to and praising fanworks, and posting on the fan-run subreddit. In general, the creator perception of the MCC fandom tends to be positive.
Players often use special team-themed skins which are usually created by pixel artists in the fandom.
=== Shitposting ===
While many of the creator posts on the subreddit are genuine positivity, a good portion of other posts fall under the category of shitposting, and are just nonsensical/humorous or stir the pot for commonly debated subjects among the fandom.
A particular form of shitposting common among creators is karma farming, where they post low effort posts with the intention of gaining large amounts of Reddit karma. Sapnap's post "i am the best" is the only post on the subreddit to have recieved the flair "shameless karma farm" from the subreddit's moderators as of December 2023."i am the best", u/sapnaprealreddit on Reddit. (Accessed 1 December 2023).
== Memes ==
The MCC fandom has a large variety of memes and in-jokes, like any other big community online. These memes include:
* Quig chains (comment threads where users just reply to each other with "Quig")A Quig chain started by Quig himself (Accessed 1 December 2023).
* ConnorEatsPants being the greatest player, as well as him sabotaging the S tier players
* "Unpopular opinion, but I don't think _ is actually going to win" (a holdover from a tweet made by Pikaclicks about the three-person team of Technoblade, xNestorio and Cxlvxn in Minecraft Ultimate, another tournament series)
* "Just killed a woman, feeling good!" (said by TommyInnit after killing Katherine Elizabeth in one event)
* CaptainSparklez never winning a MCC despite being in every event (this is no longer the case as of MCC 22)
* Joke tier lists
* Posting every day until _ happens
Some fans aren't fond of the overuse of these memes, believing the spam of them to be obnoxious.
== Example Fanworks ==
=== Visual ===
File:Redstonedust Cyan Coyotes.png|alt=A render of Minecraft skins for the Cyan Coyotes MCC 33 team (Smajor1995, EthosLab, FireBreathMan, GoodTimesWithScar) dressed as Kakashi from Naruto|by redstonedust
File:Scivious MCC.png|alt=Wilbur Soot, TommyInnit, Technoblade and Philza with winner crowns celebrating their victory|by scivious
File:Firexima MCC.png|alt=Wilbur Soot flying through Ace Race with an elytra while TommyInnit, Philza and Technoblade cheer him on|by firexima
File:Kishdoodles Red Rabbits.png|alt=The Red Rabbits team from MCC Pride 2023 (Grian, PeteZahHutt, GeminiTay, ZombieCleo) waving a progress pride flag and dressed in team outfits|by kishdoodles
File:Ssseriema Cyan Coyotes.png|alt=Cyan Coyotes from MCC 29 (Gee Nelly, Jojosolos, Smajor1995, Ranboo) cosplaying as characters from Sailor Moon|by ssseriema
File:MccCyanCreepers.jpeg|alt=Cyan Creepers from MCC 14 (TapL, CaptainPuffy, BadBoyHalo, Skeppy)|by dorkapye
File:Alittlebirb Sands of Time.png|alt=A tapestry of the Sands of Time logo|by alittlebirb
=== Meta ===
* Green Gods: A Comparison Guide
* other participants need to lay off teams who decide to funnel in db?
* Favorite aspects of some of the creators
* Unpopular Opinion: There's Nothing Wrong With Dream Complaining About Build Mart
* How to kill the sandkeeper meta
* sylvee is so underrated in mcc its criminal
* Channels dedicated to analysis of the event: All Things MCC, MCC Central, MCC Highlights
* The Genius Way MCC Became the BIGGEST Minecraft Event by Animagician
* How to WIN Sands of Time - An MCC Analysis by Klyze
* Underrated MCC Player Analysis: Sneegsnag by BeastPlays
* The Top 100 MCC Players Ever by AJX
=== Animations and Animatics ===
* Mic Drop by Bunnycarrot
* Check It Out by Gamak
* KYOKAN PMV by Pastel Flurry
* Win it all by 4000z
* Minecraft Championship Anime Opening by OffenT
* How You Like That by izethetic
* mcc 9 & mcc 10 | remember the name (also ft. hbomb94) by genesis frog
* Boom Boom Blue Bats -- MCC9 Animatic by mehggie
* Blue Bats DESTROY Survival Games [MCC 9 Animatic] by Wyvarie
=== Music ===
* Win it All by Derivakat
=== Fanfic ===
* Come Little Children (MCYT story) by LesbeanDad98 and Ender_Crystal_23
=== Memes ===
File:MCC Fruit.jpeg
File:007 Sparklez.jpeg
File:MCC who would win.jpeg
File:Fundy and CPK.jpeg
== Links & Resources ==
* MC Championship on Noxcrew's website
* Official Website
* Official Twitter
* Official live stats site
* MC Championship on Wikipedia
=== Fan Sites and Communities ===
* r/MinecraftChampionship on Reddit
* Minecraft Championship page on TV Tropes
* Alternate Universe - Minecraft Championships Setting on Archive of Our Own
* ReafyStats - A fanmade stats site for the event
* MC Championship Wiki
* MCC Updates on Twitter
== References ==
 
Category:MCYT
Category:Fandoms by Source Text
Category:Minecraft