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Hide and Seek Servers
The playground game inside a shooter, taken more seriously than it has any right to be. One of the easiest community servers to walk into.
· 7 min read
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SweetMask
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Automating Server Restarts Without Annoying Everyone
Why servers need restarting at all, how to schedule one nobody notices, and the warning cadence that stops people losing work.
· 7 min read
Guides
What a stale listing tells players before they read a word
The first thing players see is the last thing most operators update. What goes stale, in the order a reader actually notices it.
· 5 min read
Guides
Why servers vanish from browsers, and what it usually is
Six causes, none of them the one people assume. A direct connection splits the problem in half before you change anything.
· 6 min read
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM Community Spotlight April 2026 Script Releases
Explore the FiveM community spotlight April 2026 showcase covering new powerwashing jobs, F4 Studio graffiti, ONX vegetation, and Prodigy Studios packs.
· 4 min read
Guides
How Surf Map Tiers Work
What the tiers mean, why two servers rate the same map differently, what separates one tier from the next, and how to get past the one you are stuck on.
· 7 min read
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM txAdmin Recipes vMenu and Warfare Tactics V Land
New official FiveM txAdmin recipes vMenu and Warfare Tactics V add quick setup for server management and RTS multiplayer.
· 3 min read
Guides
When Cheaters Arrive All at Once
Waves have a shape. The instinctive responses address the symptom, and the expensive damage is social rather than technical.
· 7 min read
Guides
Recruiting Staff Without Ending Up With the Wrong People
The first admin you appoint is usually the person who asked, and that is the mistake. What to look for, and the mechanics that prevent most problems.
· 7 min read
Guides
Zombie Escape, the Mode That Outlived Three Games
Forty players running a scripted twenty-minute level inside a competitive shooter, cooperating in a game with no cooperative mechanics.
· 7 min read
Guides
Sandbox Servers Explained
No objective, no score, and the mode that made Garry's Mod. What people actually do on them, and what separates a build server from chaos.
· 7 min read
Guides
Databases for Game Servers: When You Need One and What Breaks
SQLite until it is not enough, MySQL after that. What plugins actually store, and the three failures that lose player data.
· 7 min read
Guides · Minecraft
Minecraft Server List Ping: what that row in your list is
One TCP exchange, one JSON reply, entirely self-reported. What the version, the sample and the icon really tell you — and what they cannot.
· 6 min read
Game Updates · Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod December 2025 Patch Fixes Kicks and Saves
The Garry's Mod December 2025 patch fixes kick reasons, corrupted map loading crashes, save loading with Nextbots, and Hammer level-design tools.
· 4 min read
Guides
Reading player graphs without fooling yourself
The line is dots joined by assumption. Read the shape rather than the height, and extract the floor at the hour you actually play.
· 5 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft ViaVersion 5.7.0 Config Guide for Hosts
Minecraft ViaVersion 5.7.0 reorganises logging settings, resets packet limiters, and adds 1.21.11 hitbox margins for server hosts.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 2 Shifts Memory and Mobs
Mojang released Minecraft 26.1 snapshot 2, increasing JVM RAM allocation to 4 GB, swapping GC to ZGC, and refreshing baby mob models.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 3 Adds World Clocks for Admins
Minecraft 26.1 snapshot 3 delivers Data Pack 97, world clocks, timeline time markers, and an in-game pause menu game rules manager for server admins.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 4 Reworks Baby Mounts
Mojang released Minecraft 26.1 snapshot 4, updating baby mount models, slot commands, and crop placement tags.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM Sollumz 2.8.1 Fixes Asset Exports for Servers
FiveM Sollumz 2.8.1 fixes texture packing, yft vehicle shattermaps, and crash bugs for GTA V asset creators building FiveM server mods.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM Sollumz 2.8.2 Fixes UI Errors for Modders
FiveM Sollumz 2.8.2 addresses UI multi-select errors and rolls in v2.8.1 changes for texture workflows, asset export stability, and drawable mesh builders.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 7 Changes Mob Models and GPU Chunks
Minecraft 26.1 snapshot 7 updates baby mob hitboxes, introduces Note Block trumpets, modifies chat screens, and overhauls internal GPU chunk rendering.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 10 Out for Hosts and Players
Mojang released Minecraft 26.1 snapshot 10, bringing Data Pack 99.3, baby mob scaling tweaks, growth particles, and UI text input fixes.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.1 Pre-Release 1 Hits Java Server Hosts
Mojang drops Minecraft 26.1 pre-release 1, adding time rate controls, MotD head restrictions, and data pack version 101 for Java servers.
· 4 min read