About the only request I'd make is to not feature Whitelist servers. I don't have anything against them, but it's pretty useless to advertise a server that nobody actually gets to play.
Besides, the good ones will run their own youtube channels if they really want people to see what they're doing.
Also, if you DO choose to spotlight a server, it might not be a bad idea to check with the server owner first. I could see a server really getting hammered hard with people trying to log in all of a sudden when it got featured....
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As I already asked, post a link to your source. I searched and wasn't able to find one.
And as I just now replied (in case you haven't read it yet), you CAN distribute his code as long as the licensing for any associated code uses the same license method.
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I saw this response after my 1st response.
The problem is NOT that they are using Wolf's code. They ARE legally allowed to use it, under the license Wolf had setup. The problem has NEVER been about using the code, the issue is about distributing the code along side other code.
It's very complex, but put as simply as possible under the license Wolf used, the code can only be distributed as long as all the other code that goes with it uses the same license. The method of distributing the code Spigot is currently using appears to technically comply with the way Wolf's license was setup.
Spigot isn't in any legal trouble until a court case is filed. And with the complexity of the licensing (and several other factors), it's highly unlikely a judge would grant a preliminary blocking injuction against Spigot even if he does file a lawsuit. So even if Wolf took it to court, and won, it would take a good bit of time... months or even years. And hopefully by that point Microsoft will kick Mojang in the rear hard enough to finally get the official mod API finished off so that mod develops won't need to use it anymore.
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I haven't heard anything about Wolf issuing a new takedown notice against Spigot, or anything they've put together for the 1.8 release. The notice you're referring to is from back in September. They got around it by not distributing the bukkit jar, and instead requiring server owners to manually patch.
For 1.8 they have completely changed how Spigot, bukkit, etc. is distributed, and from what I can tell it's not vulnerable to another takedown claim, at least not using the same legal excuse Wolf used last time.
Put simply, Spigot is NOT in any "legal trouble" now, and they have not been in any "legal trouble" since they took the old bukkit jars off their servers back in September. I have seen nothing credible saying that Wolf has issued any new takedown claims; your information appears to be several months out of date. Provide a link to your source information if you insist on claiming otherwise.
So to answer the OP: Yes, it's possible. Go to the spigot page and the instructions are on the front page of the news. You will have to manually compile the jar (or have someone do it for you), so it's not quite as simple as it was in the past.
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Hint- You won't.
A big part of why many "powerhouse" games run so well is because the scenery and maps are carefully constructed and hand-optimized.
Yes, there could be improvements to Minecraft which would make it perform better. But it's still doing far more than most games, even if it doesn't seem that way on the surface.
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1. The EULA does NOT say that you cannot make money.
2. You're probably thinking of REALMS- you cannot use REALMS to make money.
3. The way the EULA was originally written, if enforced, would prohibit you from making any money (legally) even on a regular server. So they changed it slightly, to specifically ALLOW you to (legally) make money.. and set out what is and is not an acceptable method to charge players.
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Also, there is no strict definition of what counts as "griefing", it's up to each server owner to decide what counts.
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rant:
verb
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speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way.
Hmm ya I'd say this qualifies as a rant thread.
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So don't classify the entire Minecraft player base as one single group, because it's not.
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Place suggestions in the Suggestions section, not the "Recent Updates and Snapshots" area, and you'll get fewer complaints.
Edit: There's also a "reply" button so people know who you're responding to.
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I'd rather just see something simple. Like add iron nuggets, then rework the 'small stuff' to use those instead of bars.
As for farms... meh. Sometimes I use them, other times I don't. I don't feel the need to justify them to anybody.
I don't care if you use them or not, and don't see any reason for anyone to feel bad for using them.
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wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
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Technically speaking, every single plugin or mod for the game is a "hack", and so is modifying your world data using 3rd party programs.
Yes, you'll sometimes find people doing things that aren't normally possible on a server, or doing things the server owner doesn't want them to do. It's up to the server owner to decide what is allowed and what to do about someone who tries to do things he doesn't want them doing.
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This glitch does not break blocks, it simply replaces them, and works for any block not just bedrock.
This means that server owners will need to update their plugins to account for this new method of destruction, or people will be able to do things such as:
- Destroy the End portal.
- Remove all bedrock from the main Spawn area so new players will just fall into the Void and die over and over
- Destroy the Landing platform in the End so people going in fall into the Void and die.
- Destroy the exit portal used to leave the End, so the only way to possibly leave is to die.
In addition, unless you update your server plugins to a version that can prevent it, this method will bypass many of the common "block protect" type of plugins which are designed to prevent griefing.
Personally I have no problem with people punching holes in the ceiling of the Nether. As far as I know, right now it's the only way to put a beacon in the Nether without using additional game mods. Honestly I think they should have changed the ceiling to obsidian back when they increased the map height, but that's a completely different discussion.