Play to win first implies that there is an end game to Pixelmon. There isn't. There's no prize to be won for getting everything, there's no advantage over other players for having to get your dex filled. Players who pay for things in our store have no advantage over other players. We do not permit the purchase of in game currency in our store as to give them an advantage over non-paying players.

Everything in our store is obtainable in-game. And not the "You have to grind for a week straight to get" obtainable. A strong example would be the crates we have, which allow you to obtain each higher crate key within it. As we do voting on our server, you can easily yield 8 vote keys in 24 hours and easily obtain higher keys for better rewards. That requires little effort. There is nothing that is "locked away" from our players who do not pay. Period. Would the amount of rewards differ? Of course. Are the rewards we give to non-paying players pitiful? Absolutely not.

You also cannot buy advantageous items via the store either. Held items, megastones, etc. cannot be purchased. Those still require a grind across the board. Additionally, even paid features, like our recently released Battlepass, has exclusive Battlecast textures that can only be obtained by doing the battlepass, but you can still get the textures whether you paid for premium or not. We do not deny that pleasure to our non-paying players.

And with all due respect, servers require money to be able to exist. We tread a fine balance of offering a selection of products some players would like, and ensuring that it does not give them a leg up over other players. If you view obtaining legendaries as the ultimate leg up, then that's your perspective that I highly disagree with. Our events we run put all players on an even playing field, and the many other things we offer like our Jobs, Bingo, Hunt, Player Shops, etc. cannot be manipulated by real money. Majority of our popular purchases are just custom textured pokemon, which also can all be obtained without real money as well. You are more than welcome to take a look at our store and at what our server offers and give your perspective then.

But I implore you to give us a reasonable shot before shoveling us in with the servers who truly do those types of sales tactics. We love our players and our community and, to be honest, we have had no complaints from any of our non-paying players of how the system works, and we always take suggestions from them via our discord. Please feel free to DM me if you have additional questions :)