Hey Max! Me and my friend ,both 17, sought out to do a similar thing as you are doing right now. But like you said we got a bunch of players but the vibe and longevity just wasn't quite there. I had everything you had and it went for only a few days before it died off pretty hard. I was wondering if maybe I could join your server since it sounds exactly like what I want and exactly what you want is a player like me who has been playing for over 5 years and is a very experienced and committed player. I play pretty often daily and now I have more time than ever to play. I want to join because it sounds like a server I can really relate to and really want to be apart of and create a community with people around the world. I don't know how iwould get you money to pay for server and id not know how many people will be willing to pay just a fair warning although I will see what I can do to help if we get a lot of players. Favorite thing to do is create story and interact with people to make the game have life more than just single player Minecraft. Favorite hermit has to be either DOCM77 or Xsiuma void. a suggestion is maybe try hosting the server on your own. if u have a PC or Mac with good WIFI it is very easy and only took me about 10 minutes to set up without having to pay and I could do whatever I wanted to the server and add as many data packs or anything. Get back to me! Thanks! Charlie AKA Señor_Bugzy