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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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