Spectators & Queue
What happens when the arena is full, what spectators can and cannot do, and how the base queue works.
An arena holds as many active players as it has bases (six by default, capped by game.max-active-players). Everyone after that joins as a spectator: they watch as an invisible ghost and wait in line for the next free base.
Being a spectator
Spectators stay in survival mode so the world looks normal to them, but the plugin turns them into ghosts:
- They fly, and pass straight through base shields.
- Nobody can see them, including players who log in later.
- They cannot hit anyone and cannot be hurt.
- They cannot break or place blocks, touch mobs, or drop items.
- If one dies anyway (the void, a command), they come back as a ghost at the spectator lobby.
This is the plugin's own spectator state, not vanilla spectator mode.
The spectator menu
Every spectator holds a compass in the middle hotbar slot called Spectator Menu. Right-click it to see everyone playing, each with their base number, balance, ping and mob count. Click a head to fly straight to that player.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/brainrot spectate | Opens the same player list as the compass |
/brainrot spectate <player> | Teleports straight to that player. /br spec <player> is the short version |
/brainrot lobby | Back to the spectator lobby |
/brainrot queue | Shows your place in the line |
/brainrot leave | Stops spectating and turns you back into a normal, visible player |
Admins with brainrot.admin can run /brainrot spectate at any time to watch a game, as long as someone is in a base. It turns them into a ghost too. An admin who owns a base cannot spectate, so the command never takes their base away.
The queue
Every arena has its own queue, and spectators are queued in the order they joined. When a player leaves and their base frees up:
- The first person in the queue gets a message and a sound: a base is free, claim it within 30 seconds.
- They run
/brainrot claim, pick the base, and become an active player with fresh starting money. - If they miss the window, they move to the back of the line and the next person gets the offer.
The claim window is game.queue-claim-timeout in Configuration. The spectator scoreboard shows your queue position and how long you have been watching.