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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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Factions: Minecraft's Oldest PvP Format
Power, land and raiding. How the territory mechanic works, why the format is not what you remember, and where in a season to arrive.
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Bedwars and the Minigame Network
Four teams, four beds, and a queue rather than a place. What separates a minigame network from every other kind of Minecraft server.
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Guides · Counter-Strike 2
Executes, Practice Servers and Nade Lineups
What a practice server gives you that an empty one does not, how executes differ from retakes, and how to spend an hour on lineups without wasting it.
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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.
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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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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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GunGame Explained
The weapon changes on every kill and the last level is a knife. Twenty years old, still the best warm-up in the game.
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AWP Servers
One weapon, one long map, and a reload you cannot survive. The oldest single-weapon format in Counter-Strike and why it outlived its own game.
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Guides · Half-Life
The Half-Life Mods That Never Stopped
Natural Selection, Team Fortress Classic and a dozen others still have servers with people on them. Why these survived, and how to get into one.
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Guides · Team Fortress 2
Mann vs Machine on Community Servers
Six strangers, waves of robots, and an upgrade system that punishes buying damage. How missions work, what each class is for, and how to pick a server.
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Retake Servers
The post-plant situation a competitive round produces twice a game, repeated forty times an hour. What it trains, and what it does not.
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