Block Wars Origins Season 16

The winners of BWO Season 16.

**Block Wars Origins Season 16** is the sixteenth canon Origins event, and the eighteenth event overall. It took place at 1:00 PM EST on November 26th, 2022. It is the first Block Wars event with a majority focus on the original community in the roster.

## Games and changes

### Games and maps played

There are 8 games in rotation in this event: Battle, Construction, Extraction, Move, Party, Race, Spleef, and a brand new game, SkyZone. Hunt has been removed from the game roster for an indefinite period of time.

* Battle continue to be played on **Garden of War**. The map received some minor changes.
* Construction is played on a new map, **Bay**.
* Extraction is played on a new map, **Laboratory**.
* The minigames played in Move remained the same, with **Ice Boat**, **Parkour**, **Bridges** and **Trident** being played. The latter three received new levels.
* The minigames played in Party also remained the same, with **Splat**, **Fire Feet**, **Crossfire** and **Beep Test** being played.
	+ Beep Test is played on a new map.
	+ Crossfire received new floors.
	+ In Fire Feet, the second layer from now on starts at the yellow level.
* Race continue to be played on **Canyon Run**. The map received minor changes.
* Spleef is played on a new map, **Sorbet**.

### General changes

* Team Mascots were introduced for the content creator event, but custom team names will be staying for Origins.
* The Hub received many changes and new areas.

### Gameplay changes

* Bridges was introduced as the finale minigame. From now on, instead of the first place team winning the event, the top two teams compete against each other, and the first to score 5 points wins the whole event.
* Spleef recieved some major gameplay reworks:
	+ The amount of layers in regular Spleef was increased from 3 layers to 5, but the platform sizes are smaller.
	+ TNT Spleef's layers increased from 2 layers to 3.
	+ Snowball knockback was introduced.
	+ You now earn kill credit for knocking another player off the map with snowballs.
	+ The layers now decay inward from the sides instead of randomly.
* Battle received further kit balancing. Additionally, natural regeneration is enabled, but it is slower than in Vanilla Minecraft.

## Result Overview

### Game 1: **Construction**

Winning team:  Team Panda - 1,610

Top 5 players this game:

1. EpicFH - 343
2. ShadowDragoMC - 339
3. ItsFinnishDaniel - 334
4. marbou9 - 322
5. Dynamitedoughnut - 307

### Game 2: **Extraction**

Winning team:  Team Royal - 1,348

Top 5 players this game:

1. gummywroms - 494
2. craftclan - 428
3. MCmorganplayz - 356
4. Solawr - 302
5. oGarfield - 290

### Game 3: **Party**

**(X1.25 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Team Pollo - 1,739

Top 5 players this game:

1. EpicFH - 489
2. gummywroms - 434
3. ItzIgglesPiggles - 407
4. WitheredFlux - 396
5. Standen05 - 371

### Game 4: **SkyZone**

**(X1.25 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Team Storm - 1,629

Top 5 players this game:

1. Standen05 - 489
2. IRONSTARR - 419
3. AFluffyGriffin - 361
4. ItsFinnishDaniel - 342
5. craftclan - 291

### Game 5: **Spleef**

**(X1.50 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Team Royal - 2,226

Top 5 players this game:

1. ItzIgglesPiggles - 481
2. gummywroms - 449
3. craftclan - 385
4. ItsFinnishDaniel - 383
5. EpicFH - 365

### Game 6: **Battle**

**(X1.50 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Team Error - 1,986

Top 5 players this game:

1. IRONSTARR - 474
2. CxrtxR - 402
3. WitheredFlux - 388
4. C10WD - 338
5. Standen05 - 328

### Game 7: **Race**

**(X1.75 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Team Storm - 2,414

Top 5 players this game:

1. Solawr - 560
2. C10WD - 516
3. MCmorganplayz - 512
4. EpicFH - 453
5. Standen05 - 431

### Game 8: **Move**

**(X2.00 Point Multiplier)**

Winning team:  Team Panda - 3,338

Top 5 players this game:

1. WitheredFlux - 489
2. Solawr - 474
3. ItsFinnishDaniel - 453
4. C10WD - 443
5. MasterGarf - 427

### **Bridges** Finale

 Team Storm VS.  Team Panda

* C10WD scored for  Team Storm. (1-0)
* IRONSTARR scored for  Team Storm. (2-0)
* marbou9 scored for  Team Panda. (2-1)
* yaawn scored for  Team Storm. (3-1)
* IRONSTARR scored for  Team Storm. (4-1)
* MasterGarf scored for  Team Storm. (5-1)

 **TEAM STORM WINS BW ORIGINS SEASON 16!**

## Refrences

1. ↑ Team update announcement for Team Rizz