@z4dg9ssw135 (View Post)
Having the server in online-mode is an important security measure, otherwise anyone could login as your fake cracked account.

If you'd like to join without a paid account, see the first post. You just need to message me your account name and IP Address.

@z4dg9ssw135 (View Post)
Not normally, it's why you need an exception created. But ever since the beginning, there were users without accounts that wanted to play, so I loaded a plugin that lets you bypass authentication if in my special whitelist.

@PRO_KG6100_GR (View Post)
It's the 2nd sentence ):

mc.starcatcher.us

The server CPU has been upgraded from a 2700X to a 5700X. This gives a noticeable performance boost. Large number of players near the player cap are now supported without a big drop in TPS. In fact, the only time I saw it fall below 20 was when we had 14/15 players online.

Here's an example of 20 TPS with 12 players online:


Definitely couldn't get that before.

Misc updates. Posted on Discord as well and copy pasted here.

I uploaded the 25w14craftmine world file for anyone that wants that, for some reason. It's pretty large because of all the throwaway worlds we created, and it never had a proper send off (it just sort of abruptly died in all the crashes). For the few who played, you know just how buggy this update was. We abused the hell out of it, doing mass-scale duplication in the hub world (not intended to bring your own items there) and breaking the mine crafter by putting a dropper beneath it. But it crashed so often, and got so slow after a few hundred worlds, that it became difficult to play.

The first prerelease for 1.21.6 was released today. It's expected to come out some unspecified date in June. I'll be on vacation at the end of June, so I won't update the server until July when I'm back.
I'm considering when I should do the next server reset. But given all the recent activity, incomplete projects, and also selfish Switch 2-related reasons, I think I'm going to do a normal update to 1.21.6 and reset another time. I may decide to do a reset outside of the update schedule in the summer or fall. But I might not, and hold out for a possible 1.22 in the late fall. The next update after June won't be any earlier than September.

Last thing, but the server turned 10 last month! As of April 27th, it's now a decade old. Minecraft is by far the most impactful game I've ever played. I'll definitely continue running this server and this community for as long as you all stick around :)