[NulledMC] Server Status Update (June 18, 2016)

Welcome to the Status Updates! These will be posted when I have a good handful of important information about NulledMC to share with the community. This will most likely only occur during the server's setup and development phases, but may carry on as the server's news updates. I hope you enjoy participating in the discussions of the topics brought up in these posts!

~fdigl

CURRENT STATUS: SETUP

EST. TESTING PHASE: WED, JUNE 22, 2016

The testing server is now going to berunning on 4GB of RAM as opposed to the previous 1GB. Testers - the IP address will temporarily changed. You will be notified of this when the change happens. This should allow for more players, less lag, the ability to actually use WorldEdit without bashing your head onto your keyboard, and better stability overall.

So I'd like for the community to decide how the server is funded. I'm not a fan of premium ranks or anything that would violate Mojang's EULA. We need to cover around $15 a quarter. This can be done in a numerous amount of ways - mainly cosmetic. I will NOT be doing fancy names for donations; we don't want it to look like RF here. Of course, raw donations are always welcome. Funding will only go towards sustaining the server and possibly plugins, professional builds, and the like.

Using ViaVersion, we will be allowing all players to connect using client protocols 1.8-1.10 without modification. The server functionality will remain 1.8, so there won't be any eltryas or offhand wielding. This means that players don't need to go through extra steps to change their version of Minecraft to play on the server, and removing that barrier to entry altogether. This will hopefully help with growing the playerbase.