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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ark, Rust, Valheim and Conan: Which Server Culture Suits You
Wipe cycle, group cap, rates and raiding rules decide your experience more than the game does. How to read a survival listing, and when to join.
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Guides · Minecraft
Joining a Modded Minecraft Server Without Losing an Evening
Mods are not plugins, the pack picks the loader, and the install is shorter than its reputation. How to join a modded server without losing an evening.
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Guides · Minecraft
Towny, Claims and the Problem of Owning Land
What a claim protects and what it quietly does not, how Towny differs from simple claims, and the six settings that cause every argument.
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Prison Servers Explained
Mining a wall of stone until you can afford a better wall of stone. The purest progression loop in Minecraft, and the tuning that decides whether it works.
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Picking a game to host, and the workload that comes with it
Session length and switching cost predict the workload better than genre does. Population threshold, cost, update cadence and tooling maturity.
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