Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open sourced everything

https://github.com/muxcraftserver/MuxSystem

by espresso39 • 2 years ago

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espresso393• 2 years ago

MuxCraft used to be one of the largest EU servers back in 2012-2014

Proof: https://web.archive.org/web/20140829145028/minecraft-serverl...

KomoD• 2 years ago

Would not go as far to say "one of the largest EU servers", maybe one of the largest German servers

espresso393• 2 years ago

Germany does have the biggest EU user base, but you’re right, the language was german

SunlitCat4• 2 years ago

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• 2 years ago

gosh, thats a beautiful little story.

SunlitCat4• 2 years ago

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• 2 years ago

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

SunlitCat4• 2 years ago

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• 2 years ago

That’s a great story! Kudos good human!

shepherdjerred• 2 years ago

Minecraft is also how I got into programming! Hundreds of hours spent writing Java plugins for CraftBukkit/Spigot :)

confused_boner• 2 years ago

I sent $20 via USPS to a friend with a credit card who purchased it on my behalf. Good times.

SunlitCat4• 2 years ago

Actually that's pretty awesome to have someone trustworthy to do such things!

salad-tycoon• 2 years ago

I had 20 bucks and only 20 bucks. I could buy Minecraft alpha or bitcoin. I chose Minecraft. Whoops.

But still, neat game all around.

lyu07282• 2 years ago

Fuck those pay2win servers, they are exploitative, promote gambling and pray on children.

espresso393• 2 years ago

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• 2 years ago

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.

devin2• 2 years ago

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.

robertlagrant2• 2 years ago

and are a useful tool to take money out of circulation

What does this mean? What money is being taken out of circulation?

misterpigs• 2 years ago

These servers were a lot of fun. You got to pay taxes _in a game_! But seriously they were a lot of fun.

hoten• 2 years ago

Anyone know what is Blood Bending?

jjice• 2 years ago

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

H8crilA2• 2 years ago

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.

pests2• 2 years ago

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• 2 years ago

Is 1.12 not more modern than 1.9?

LoganDark• 2 years ago

Do you mean 1.19?

pests2• 2 years ago

Yes, meant 1.19.

axus• 2 years ago

Some recent examples of coding exploits for 2b2t:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067857

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29615428

icepat2• 2 years ago

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.

H8crilA2• 2 years ago

They really are the Yin and Yang of Minecraft.

aidenn0• 2 years ago

I don't think that server is German though? Headline at this moment in time is "Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down..."

ct0• 2 years ago

Never forget logging into mau5ville (deadmau5's server) and being blown away by the digital architecture and activity. Great times.

codetrotter• 2 years ago

https://muxcraft.eu/

Their website with the announcement also links to the following:

Alle Dateien vom MuxCraft Server.
Enthält: 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• 2 years ago

Btw, how is Levers and Chests coming along?

doublerabbit• 2 years ago

Minecraft was the first game to get me fired.

Don't play it on a banks computer. Nor visit WikiLeaks for that matter on a banks computer.

Nor changed printer status messages via Telnet to "Out Of Ink - Please insert more blood"

Or even make acknowledgment that was you.

I was 17, how I miss that age and getting away with things.

josephcsible• 2 years ago

Is there a license? If not, then it's just source-available, not open-source.

Oldest largest German Minecraft server shut down and open sourced everything

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