I can see doing it with the group of friends on a server with plugins that let you find each other and communicate easily. From what I understand most of the action happens during the early game, and teams who play together will get bored and start a new map after a few months. They may keep playing together for years but keep resetting the map every few months. I tried it on "survival" mode on a homebrew server and it's surprisingly difficult, but you can put it on "creative" mode for little kids and it's pure fun for them