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Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Equinox - 01-20-2014
Okay.
So here's the basics.
We'll get more detailed as we continue.
NAMING THE SERVER
Create a good name for the server. DON'T include "mine" or "craft" in the name. It's over used and uncreative. Best idea for a name is to name it something that follows a specific group owned by you or something completely original. The domain should look like the name, so not sexy-minecraft.yourservernamehere.ch stuff.
WHAT'S HOT
The recommended Minecraft version is the latest. With Bukkit. Bukkit allows us to have mini-games, commands like /nick, etc.
Players today like servers with minigames. When I ran a server, we had spleef, skyblock, creative and survival. Best to go with the defaults, creative and survival. Mini-games aren't too big or hard to set up so worry about them later. Don't actually publish the server for advertising until you're completely done.
DONATIONS
Use something like PayPal. It's best to have a separate PayPal from your own so you don't get donation money and your mixed up. Be sure to give the users good perks for donating to have the idea appeal to them. Don't spend donation money on anything OTHER than the server. You could get jail time for this. It's not cool, don't do it.
ADVERTISING
The best way to advertise is through websites. PlanetMinecraft is a good one but don't rely on it 100%. Find ones like minecraft-server-list or of that sort.
STAFF
Only make people staff ranks because you trust them. Not because they know your friend's friend or something like that. You have to know who your dealing with, this may not seem big but it will butt-fuck you in the end without the right staff. Keep the staff team small too. Having a server filled with 70% staff members at thirty people per day around the clock isn't appealing to the players.
SUPPORT
Look professional. Have a professional email. Something like support@Domain.here. I'm not impressed with hottie345@zystim.com.
WEBSITE
A good minecraft server website is usually a forum board. This is so users can appeal bans, requests rank ups, etc. Use something good. Like Enjin or MyBB. Make it look good too. An unappealing website makes users leave.
YOU AND MINECRAFT
Play on your own server as much as possible. Staff members won't always be around. It's always good so you know what's going on too. You don't want to find some griefing in a spot that took place thirty days ago.
That should be all we need to cover for the basics. PM me for more information or questions.
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Pidiot - 01-20-2014
Well my eBook going nowhere
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Equinox - 01-20-2014
(01-20-2014, 07:27 PM)Truth Wrote: Well my eBook going nowhere
Lol, sorry, bro. Didn't mean to.
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Adorapuff - 01-20-2014
(01-20-2014, 07:27 PM)Truth Wrote: Well my eBook going nowhereYour ebook has 15 pages of content. This does not. This is good, but not in depth.
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - lux - 01-20-2014
I have worked with plugins and servers for over a year. Willing to work on some stuff for a bit of dollar. PM me.
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Equinox - 01-20-2014
(01-20-2014, 07:27 PM)Truth Wrote: Well my eBook going nowhere
(01-20-2014, 07:31 PM)Adorapuff Wrote: Your ebook has 15 pages of content. This does not. This is good, but not in depth.
To add to that I only covered the absolute dead-beat basics. I could go butt-fuck deep into this but this is very basic.
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Pidiot - 01-20-2014
(01-20-2014, 07:28 PM)Duubz Wrote: Lol, sorry, bro. Didn't mean to.
It's fine, how do i delete a thread? i want to delete my eBook thread
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Equinox - 01-20-2014
(01-20-2014, 07:52 PM)Truth Wrote: It's fine, how do i delete a thread? i want to delete my eBook thread
But wai? D:
Down in the bottom right of the post.
"Delete".
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Bily159 - 01-20-2014
Nice you should make an ebook about this type of thing and make some money out of it at the same time.
RE: Minecraft Servers: Your guide to good servers - Equinox - 01-20-2014
(01-20-2014, 08:05 PM)Bily159 Wrote: Nice you should make an ebook about this type of thing and make some money out of it at the same time.
Nah, I don't do any money-whoring. All services or stuff I create or give is free. No matter what.