bed wars/cake wars or whatever you want is the worst game mode ever. I hate it so much. No thought was put in into the game mode. It would be more fun if there more risk in dying. The only "fun" part in the whole game is when your bed is gone so you have to bee careful not to die :/
Please stay at 1.8.9, All the other versions have the combat update in them, which messes up my texture packs and shaders. I would be such a hassle to re-download all of that in 1.12
Oh btw I have an Easter egg about you on the Frozen Tundra map I made for skywars. I put it in last sec because of all the good suggestions you gave :)