[HN Gopher] Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and...
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Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open sourced
everything
Author : espresso39
Score : 145 points
Date : 2024-06-03 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| espresso39 wrote:
| MuxCraft used to be one of the largest EU servers back in
| 2012-2014
|
| Proof: https://web.archive.org/web/20140829145028/minecraft-
| serverl...
| KomoD wrote:
| Would not go as far to say "one of the largest EU servers",
| maybe one of the largest German servers
| espresso39 wrote:
| Germany does have the biggest EU user base, but you're right,
| the language was german
| SunlitCat wrote:
| Minecraft was the first game, someone on the "internet" gifted
| me. I was like "Why do you do that?!" and he was just like,
| because it's cool to play with you.
|
| Ahhhh! Fond memories. :)
| mathgradthrow wrote:
| gosh, thats a beautiful little story.
| SunlitCat wrote:
| Thank you! It was really an awesome time way back and made me
| aware that, gifting other people games is a nice thing to do.
| Zambyte wrote:
| Minecraft was the first game I made long term friends from the
| internet in. I went on to play other games with my friends from
| minecraft for years. My first real relationship was with
| someone I met on Minecraft. I flew across the US to visit her
| multiple times in high school (working as a dishwasher to buy
| tickets). 7 years later I bought her and her child plane
| tickets to visit me (earlier this year).
|
| Also Minecraft got me into programming in Java, which let to my
| programming career. So yeah... Minecraft has been a pretty big
| part of my life, even if I mostly stopped playing it in early
| high school :P
| SunlitCat wrote:
| Actually that is an heartwarming story and a great example
| how games (and gaming) can connect people and how it can
| inspire careers!
|
| Thank you for sharing!
| rekttrader wrote:
| That's a great story! Kudos good human!
| shepherdjerred wrote:
| Minecraft is also how I got into programming! Hundreds of
| hours spent writing Java plugins for CraftBukkit/Spigot :)
| confused_boner wrote:
| I sent $20 via USPS to a friend with a credit card who
| purchased it on my behalf. Good times.
| lyu07282 wrote:
| Fuck those pay2win servers, they are exploitative, promote
| gambling and pray on children.
| espresso39 wrote:
| MuxCraft did not have any gambling until 2020, where it was
| already in serious decline like most older german servers
|
| They added gambling as what seemed a last ditch effort to
| attract new users
| 12345hn6789 wrote:
| Yup. Folks like to bring up Roblox (rightfully) with regards to
| gambling and hosting shady real $money shops for in game items
| but AFAIK (public) Minecraft servers have been doing this since
| at least 2012. "Pay $20 for a 'rank' on our server! You get
| extra goodies!". "This special diamond sword is only $1!".
|
| Really an under reported stat imo. These servers are under the
| radar.
| devin wrote:
| I do agree that it is lame.
|
| However, money sinks like gambling can be seen as a part of the
| in-game economy and are a useful tool to take money out of
| circulation.
|
| I don't necessarily have a problem with judicious use of it,
| but if the point of the server becomes buying in-game currency
| to lose it at the poker table, then yeah, that's exploiting
| your users.
| misterpigs wrote:
| These servers were a lot of fun. You got to pay taxes _in a
| game_! But seriously they were a lot of fun.
| hoten wrote:
| Anyone know what is Blood Bending?
| jjice wrote:
| I'm only aware of it in the context of Avatar The Last
| Airbender. I'd assume this is a gameplay mechanic based on
| that?
|
| https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodbending
| H8crilA wrote:
| BTW, this is the actual oldest server (and it's still up):
| https://minecraftonline.com/
|
| This is a close contender (it's is also up, and really thriving;
| it's even on close to the latest version):
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2b2t
|
| I can recommend 2b2t if you don't mind the 4chan-like mentality
| in the chat. Probably the only server where coding is actually a
| desired, core skill in factions/teams/groups.
| pests wrote:
| While yes 2b2t is on a modern version most of its history was
| spent on 1.12. Only last year did they jump to 1.9 and only in
| the last few months to 1.20. Not knocking it, just most of the
| old builds and metas were based on 1.12.
| zarathustreal wrote:
| Is 1.12 not more modern than 1.9?
| youainti wrote:
| I think they dropped a 1, i.e. they meant to type 1.19
| unholiness wrote:
| He means 1.19
| LoganDark wrote:
| Do you mean 1.19?
| axus wrote:
| Some recent examples of coding exploits for 2b2t:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067857
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29615428
| icepat wrote:
| I saw this and thought it was MinecraftOnline that shutdown.
| MCO has a great community, and is pretty much the anti-2b2t.
| MCO is also German.
| ct0 wrote:
| Never forget logging into mau5ville (deadmau5's server) and being
| blown away by the digital architecture and activity. Great times.
| codetrotter wrote:
| https://muxcraft.eu/
|
| Their website with the announcement also links to the following:
|
| > Alle Dateien vom MuxCraft Server.
|
| > Enthalt: Maps, Schematics, Server & Plugins, Bilder, Designs,
| Website.
|
| https://archive.org/details/muxcraft
|
| Not sure if it's the same, or some extra data, compared to what
| they put on the linked GitHub
| kleiba wrote:
| Btw, how is Levers and Chests coming along?
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