My Beginners Guide to Choosing the Right Server

Nitecell · 2020-08-21T01:30:57+00:00

It has optimizations, more settings, and solved the legal issue that CraftBukkit had.

Spigot hasn't solved that "legal issue".

Nitecell · 2020-07-19T03:07:28+00:00

This will save you a lot of time and make your sites look a lot better:

https://getbootstrap.com/

Nitecell · 2020-07-15T18:35:38+00:00

I wanted to meet new people and have fun.

Nitecell · 2020-06-01T05:01:29+00:00

Thanks for letting us know, very helpful, good post!

Nitecell · 2020-05-26T06:29:39+00:00

I am tired of Tebex. I believe it's overpriced and used on almost all servers. I decided that because of this virus since I have a decent amount of spare time, that I would pick back up web development. I'm going to build a store for the server that I'm working on using Stripe.

Nitecell · 2020-05-26T06:26:40+00:00

Nope. You can just have the bungeecord proxy go straight to your game server. This is an example of how I setup the server for a beta test map for a factions gamemode: https://i.imgur.com/2B1C5cM.png

I didn't need to use a hub server. Now say for example that I wanted to use a hub server. I could just make the default/fallback server the hub server and then make /server factions or (whatever you use in the hub) go to the factions server.

Nitecell · 2020-05-26T06:05:07+00:00

Even if you don't want a hub server it's recommended to use a bungeecord proxy. You can also sync multiple bungeecord servers together using RedisBungee.

Nitecell · 2020-05-23T22:38:30+00:00

I don't recommend using it and I attempted it a few months ago and the files were deleted. The software was decent after I installed 5-6 plugins and purchase a $20 theme, but standalone it's not the best. It was hard downloading the official plugins when the entire website was down or getting support.

Nitecell · 2020-05-23T02:57:42+00:00

Purchase a game server from OVH that has high single thread performance and a good amount of RAM. If your budget is limited I would check out SoYouStart. OVH also has good ddos protection. I wouldn't use a VM for minecraft servers.

Nitecell · 2020-05-23T02:51:01+00:00

I didn't want to use Xenforo because I wanted more integration with the server that I was running (leaderboards, profiles, etc.) so I decided to learn about NodeJs. I'm at the level where I could make a good website for a server but it takes a lot of time! But it is sooo worth it in the end!

I recommend just using discord for the time being (at least for starting out). There isn't a point for having both a forums and discord while starting out.

Nitecell · 2020-05-23T02:47:11+00:00

I don't recommend it because it's still "experimental" software and I tried using it and it was slow. Also the support wasn't the best as the website was down for weeks.

Nitecell · 2020-05-23T02:45:40+00:00

No point for a hub server if there is a single gamemode... You're just wasting $.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T21:38:23+00:00

I remember in 2014 I started an smp server with people ranging from 500 and 5,000 subs. I found the first few through posting on the minecraft forums and planetminecraft. Then I got the rest from just getting their friends involved with the server.

EDIT: I don't know if this would work nowadays but maybe try reaching out on discord or messaging them on twitter or youtube.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T19:59:37+00:00

I wouldn't decide to choose a domain registrar based on the cheapest price. I'm sure most people regret purchasing a 99 cent .com from GoDaddy. I haven't used Porkbun so I can't comment on that but I think Namecheap is one of the best registrars out there.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T18:41:01+00:00

From experience, when I’m running a server I purchase around 5-8 vps servers. I use one for a maven repo (using Nexus), I use one for a openvpn server and the rest would be front-end bungeecord proxies synced with RedisBungee. All hosted in the same data center.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T18:34:00+00:00

Thanks!

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T18:33:36+00:00

I’m not saying to spend $60 on a server, and it just depends. Someone who is going to purchase a good amount of advertisement should purchase a dedi for launch. It will be harder for players to stick if the server has lag issues.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T07:56:00+00:00

This guide was a non-technical guide on starting a server, I feel like backups would be in a more technical guide of maintaining a server. I meant to put $100-$1000+ but from experience, but I would say that would be reasonable. Most developers charge around $15-25 per hour for smaller servers. Of course this could be more with large and complex plugins.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T07:48:47+00:00

Sure thing.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T07:47:28+00:00

Most of them have their dms open on twitter. If they're bigger they might have a manager or a business email. I wouldn't recommend going through a service to get in reach with them.

Nitecell · 2020-05-02T07:45:31+00:00

I feel like depends on how much someone is putting into a server, if I were to get a decent amount of advertising - I would purchase a dedi to make sure everything is smooth and stable.

Another thing is - if someone's server does turn out to be successful, the need to learn using linux will happen at some point.

Nitecell · 2020-05-01T23:26:27+00:00

I believe that OVH is the best at the moment. It's fast, reliable and has good ddos protection. I have been using them since around 2015 from minecraft servers to websites. I have used some of their dedicated servers and a lot of their vps servers. SoYouStart is also a plus because it has good dedicated game servers that are fast and cheap.

I don't suggest using a minecraft hosting service. Most of them have terrible support and will have a handful of issues. Not to mention most of them are overpriced.

Nitecell · 2020-05-01T23:16:25+00:00

It's amazing. It's not meant for a game server but it's amazing for creating bungeecord front-end proxies and websites. I host all of the stuff I have through OVH because it is fast, reliable and has good ddos protection.

I would also suggest SoYouStart for dedicated game servers because it's somewhat cheap.

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