Guides · Minecraft
When a Minecraft proxy is the wrong answer
Velocity and BungeeCord solve one problem and bring three. The honest threshold for needing a proxy, and what it never fixes.
· 3 min read
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A systemd unit for a game server that restarts correctly
Fifteen lines that replace a screen session and a cron job, and the four of them that decide whether a crash loop is survivable.
· 5 min read
Guides · Minecraft
The Minecraft server list ping, end to end
Five packets decide your MOTD, your icon and your player count on every listing. Three common mysteries, solved by reading them.
· 3 min read
Guides · Minecraft
JVM flags for Minecraft servers: what the collector is doing
Everyone pastes the same twenty arguments and nobody knows which one to change. What each part of Aikar's flags actually asks G1 to do.
· 5 min read
Guides · Minecraft
The server.properties settings that change how Minecraft plays
Sixty entries, six that matter. Which lines change what players feel, which cost CPU, and which are folklore repeated from old forum posts.
· 4 min read
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Saying no to a plugin request, without losing the person
Every community suggests more than any server can absorb. Why the default should be no, the questions worth asking, and how to decline well.
· 5 min read
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The real cost of moderation tooling
A durable record and coverage while you sleep, against another system that breaks and a process now harder to change. When to adopt one.
· 5 min read
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A player banned somewhere else: three workable positions
You do not know what happened and cannot find out. Decide the policy before it arrives, because improvising is what communities argue about.
· 5 min read
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Retiring a server gracefully, in about a week
The default ending is an address that stops answering. Give notice, give them the world download, hold a last evening — or hand it over.
· 5 min read
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A player report process that still works at 3am
One place to report, a record so patterns are visible, more than one person who can act, and a reply to whoever bothered to tell you.
· 6 min read
Guides · Counter-Strike 1.6
Warcraft Mod: RPG Levelling Inside Counter-Strike
Races, levels and abilities bolted onto Counter-Strike, still busy after twenty years. What the races do, why it works, and what arriving is like.
· 7 min read
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The economics of running a free server
Twelve to fifty euros a month, and a workload nobody prices. Why free is the default, and what selling perks changes about what your server is.
· 6 min read