If you wanted mate, join this if you interested on a small 1.16.4 server. I own it and its running on my spare pc with currently 10gb of ram dedicated but can do more for when it needs it
Would more so say it was like a fad. I've played survival all ways through the years and never really got into those mini-games or hunger games. I remember something like grand theft auto server for vanilla Minecraft but I doubt that is still popular. There was like a Dayz server too, played that a little bit but not too much.
If you are still interested in playing Minecraft, I'm an admin on a 1.15.1 vanilla server with fire and explosions on and setting on hard. We got some old school players including myself so you wouldn't be out of touch if that makes sense. the sever is white-listed so if you wanted, drop me your in-game name and I will hook you up.
The best server is something you do with your mates. something like those large server restrict the freedom of creativity in my eyes and im not a big fan of landprotection. a poll like that would be somewhat biased.
If you want, we have a small community server thats whitelisted if your not into grief being allowed, we do have fire and explosions on and people trust eachother on the server.
if you want, you can add me on discord and I can whitelist you and give you the ip