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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
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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
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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
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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