Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 2 Overhauls Fog and F3
Minecraft 26.4 snapshot 2 updates render fog, redesigns the F3 debug screen, bumps pack versions, and fixes chunk crashes for servers.
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Anarchy Servers: No Rules, and What That Really Means
No claims, no protection, no admin who will restore anything. Distance is the only defence, and the social engineering is most of the game.
· 7 min read
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM Community Spotlight September 2026 Releases
The FiveM community spotlight September release highlights custom maps including Little Italy, Los Santos River V2, and RedM world-building tools.
· 3 min read
Guides
Skyblock Servers, and Why the Format Refuses to Die
A tree and forty blocks of dirt became one of the most played formats in multiplayer Minecraft. What servers added, and which Skyblock you are joining.
· 7 min read
Guides
What players actually notice in a server screenshot
One second of attention, doing more work than the paragraph beneath it. The mistakes in order of cost, and the thumbnail test.
· 5 min read
Guides
Steam Workshop on a server: the dependency nobody plans for
Custom content makes a server worth joining and makes a stranger part of your uptime. Download cost, silent removals and what to pin.
· 5 min read
Guides · Minecraft
Minecraft world seeds on servers: why they stay private
The seed is the input to a public function, and knowing it reveals everything unexplored. Why hiding it is friction rather than protection.
· 5 min read
Game Updates · 7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die 2.5 Survival Revival Update for Hosts
The 7 days to die 2.5 survival revival update introduces jar crafting, meat scent radius limits, and vehicle storage expansion for players and hosts.
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Guides
Game server pricing: what the slot is actually buying
Slots are a billing convention, not a resource. What differs between tiers, what the price hides, and how to test before committing.
· 5 min read
Guides · Counter-Strike 1.6
Scoutzknivez, Rats and the Fun-Map Tradition
Iceworld, rats maps and scoutzknivez are still running on populated servers twenty years later. What the format is, why it survived, and where to find it.
· 7 min read
Guides
Why Your Minecraft Server Lags, in Order of Likelihood
Eight causes, ranked by how often they are the answer. Hardware is last, and the profiler in step two resolves most servers before you get there.
· 7 min read
Guides
RAM, Heap and Java Flags: What Actually Helps
Giving a Minecraft server more memory usually makes it worse. Why the heap size is not a speed setting, and the numbers that work.
· 7 min read
Guides
More Cores Will Not Fix Your Server
A game server simulates its world on one thread. The most expensive misunderstanding in hosting, and the measurement that settles it in a minute.
· 7 min read
Guides
Choosing a Host: The Six Questions That Decide It
None of them is answered on the marketing page, and how readily a provider answers is itself the most reliable signal on the list.
· 7 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 6 World Storage Guide
Mojang released Minecraft 26.1 snapshot 6 with a massive world directory overhaul, level.dat tag refactors, and fresh baby mob models for Java servers.
· 4 min read
Guides
What DDoS Protection Actually Buys You
Nothing you configure on the machine stops a flood. What is being sold, the four questions to ask a host, and the one thing you control.
· 7 min read
Game Updates · Counter-Strike 2
Counter-Strike 2 CS2Fixes 1.17.1 Fixes Maps for Hosts
Counter-Strike 2 CS2Fixes 1.17.1 brings automated map migration fixes, knife sound alterations, and critical launch parameter rules for server hosts.
· 3 min read
Guides
Pterodactyl, TCAdmin and Doing Without a Panel
A panel is a delegation tool, not an operations strategy. Which to use depends entirely on who else needs to touch the server.
· 7 min read
Guides
What a proxy actually does for a server network
One address in front of several machines, and one thing that takes it all down when it stops. What you gain, what you pay, when it is worth it.
· 5 min read
Guides
Map rotation that keeps players through the change
The map change is when people leave, so rotation design is managing that moment. Length before order, and why free voting collapses variety.
· 6 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 1 Adds Server Query IDs
Mojang released Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 1 with server query string handling, connection ID filtering, and Vulkan as the default graphics API.
· 4 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 11 Technical Changes for Hosts
Minecraft 26.1 snapshot 11 shifts pack formats, modifies default banner block states, and revamps item model structures for Java Edition hosts and players.
· 4 min read
Guides
Running a game server on your own hardware
Free machine, real electricity, and an upload speed that is probably your ceiling. Where home hosting is right and where it quietly is not.
· 6 min read
Guides
Counter-Strike: Source Still Has More Community Servers Than CS2
Source has the mature plugin stack and a stable population. CS2 has the players. What each scene is good at, and what it costs to move between them.
· 7 min read