MCFun Central is Back Up!

Most problems that occur to any small server like MCFun Central are just little tiny stupid hidden problems that I can't figure out for a month. Take the permissions file, for example. I spent 2 days straight, only taking breaks for sleeping, eating, drinking, and "potty breaks" trying to figure out why admins couldn't edit the full world. In the end, all I had to do was change 1 number in the Server Settings file. Today, all I had to do was update the server jar from 1.7.2 to 1.7.9, which now has a beta build. The plugins that I had updated were updated for optimal 1.7.9 use, so they didn't work on the 1.7.2 jar. All major problems and concerns that I had about the server are all wiped away. Horray for my crappy eyesight skills!

Join now! mcfuncentral.mcpro.co

~ Matt

MCFun Central Currently Down!

Hey guys,
This is Matt, the owner of MCFun Central. Since I've been inactive on Minecraft recently and haven't been paying attention to my server, some major things are going wrong involving permissions. I don't really want to go in depth of the specific problems that are going on, but I will say they are major enough to have to shut the server down or whitelist it until we troubleshoot and fix these issues.

There are some people who play on MCFun Central fairly frequently, and I'd like to give my sincere apologies for you. I am on summer vacation, so I will have time to figure out what the hell is going on with the server. I'm also visiting my aunt who is a computer scientist/programmer, so I can have a little help from her.
I promise I will have the server back up as soon as possible. In the meantime, if you have a lot of experience with Minecraft servers and are willing to help me out a little, please don't hesitate to send me a Personal Message on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/TechBug2012/about).

Sorry about this!

~Matt

Griefers + Updates - Servers "Down"

While we at the MCFun Servers have been focusing on our standardized testing for school and other interests non Minecraft-related, the MCFun Servers were almost like a thing of the past. This past month, we haven't really been working on our servers that much, and we noticed a significant player drop from our servers as well. So what happened while we were semi-gone?

First off, you may or may not have heard of Heartbleed, a hack that exposed critical security information, such as login information and credit cards, on about 2/3 of the web. Here's part of Mojang's post about it:

Two days ago a serious vulnerability (that’s been named “Heartbleed”) in the popular cryptographic software OpenSSL was made public. This weakness could potentially be exploited to steal information, such as login information, that normally would be protected by encryption. This software is used by roughly two thirds of the internet so a lot of services were or are at risk of being affected.

I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think Minecraft made an update or two to prevent Heartbleed from taking the security information from them, in addition to the name-changing updates. So now, with 1.7.9 out and all our servers on 1.7.2 (and one private one on 1.7.5), our servers are currently "down".

Yes, I know, Bukkit HAS released a jar for 1.7.8 (which also includes support for 1.7.9). However, it is still a development build, which means it's UNSTABLE AND UNSUPPORTED, as it says when you look at it:

I don't know about Daniel and his server jar, but MCFun Central runs a lot of worlds and plugins, and I don't want all of our plugins to break because of a Minecraft update. Some of you may know MCFun Central isn't exactly the most stable server out there, even with a more stable Bukkit jar. Therefore, MCFun Central and possibly the other MCFun Servers will not be available for users on 1.7.9 until the beta version is released or until 1.8 is released. To play on the servers, you will need to switch your client to 1.7.2-1.7.5.

There are advantages and disadvantages to being gone from our servers. One of the disadvantages for us is that we don't know whether or not someone's managed to grief our servers.

Today, I received an email from our Co-Owner, sharpdomino (some of you know her as Carmen). Here's a screenshot of the email:

You may have to zoom in on the picture a little bit to see it better, but the griefer not only turned all the ground to lava, but also spawned a bunch of NPCs of our admin, captainfreedster, everywhere, and screwed up the letters and the portals (you can clearly see it in the random redstone blocks that used to spell "Redstone Rebel").

Carmen was wrong, however. Using the awesome and highly useful CoreProtect plugin, which I highly recommend to quickly find out the whodunit and to automatically undo the griefs, I first found that it was two of our highly respected admins, ironhaan and pikmin822 (Xander and Jack). I was surprised, but I'll get to that later. I used CoreProtect to FULLY RESTORE the spawn. Come see for yourself. I don't want to turn this into an advertisement for CoreProtect, but I think everyone should have this plugin on their server, whether or not they are having problems with griefing on their servers.

I wasn't that surprised to find that Jack did it. He had griefed MCFun Central as much as 6 times since the server opened (12/10/2013) just out of rage or boredom, and always asked for a second chance.

I was surprised to find out that Xander had helped him, though. Xander was one of most respected admins not only on MCFun Central, but on MCFun Servers as a whole. I haven't talked to Xander about it yet, since the email was sent last night (but I didn't read it until today), but I'll talk to him and hopefully update you on what happened.

Wow, that was a long post. If you read through all of that, then thank you, because that took really long to type =P

Be on the lookout for more MCFun Server posts! Thanks, and have a great day!

MCFun Central - New Spawn + 2 New Minigames!

Big news for MCFun Central!

First off, we have a new spawn! Instead of the crappy quartz box in the sky, we now have a star-shaped HiveMC-like spawn!

Some of the portals you may have seen in the old spawn that said COMING SOON on them are no longer going to be minigames. Instead, we have two more spots for minigames. We decided to use those for KitPvP and Temple Run! Most of the staff really wanted KitPvP, so we are adding it. ACtually, we are building the lobby and the maps right now!

We're not actually sure if we will have temple run, but we are sure planning on it, because we want to have another singleplayer minigame. We noticed that whenever someone joins MCFun Central, most people just do parkour, because most other minigames are 2 or more players. We're not sure about Temple Run, but we will post more updates in the future!

~Techie

Water Based Portals, WorldGuard, & Hub!

MCFun Central is going through a lot of updates! First of all, don't you hate it when you are AFK in the spawn, and suddenly you hear a million nether portals? Even for me, it's SO ANNOYING! Earlier today, we changed MCFun Central's portals to stationary water, so you can step in and out easily without hearing the constant loud and annoying nether portal noise.

Also, we have switched most of our protection from GriefPrevention to WorldGuard, mainly because WorldGuard offers more control over what happens in the protected areas. But we are keeping GriefPrevention because of all its other features!

Also, now if you type /hub, a menu will open up saying all the minigames. All you have to do is click on one, and it will warp you to the minigame lobby!

We have so many other features planned, so don't forget to check MCFun Central's website and this blog for more info about each server!

We are off to a great start

Even with just two active servers, the MCFun team is having a great time with their servers. So many things are going well!

To start off, MCFun Central has been having trouble with permissions lately. As of last night, all troubles were fixed! Now Techie can focus on running the server, not on what other people can't do.

MCFun Survival, on the other hand, has been getting LOADS of new players! This is because Daniel signed up for a lot of server listing websites, such as minecraftserverlists, mineservers, and other sites. With the loads of people on Daniel's server, we can gain more experience on how to deal with players, and how to help players!

The only people who can make all of this possible are YOU. Thank you so much for supporting the MCFun team so that we can grow and get more experience!

Big Updates to MCFun Central!

    We have BIG NEWS for MCFun Central! Earlier today, we paid MCProHosting an extra 30 cents a month for a sub-domain. You can now connect to MCFun Central by using the IP mcfuncentral.mcpro.co - This is a lot easier than having to type a bunch of random numbers, wouldn't you say?
    Also, MCFun Central has JUST upgraded for more RAM. Instead of 1G of RAM, we now have 2G of RAM. This is good for everyone because the server will be quicker, less laggy, and easier to setup minigames and worlds without having to worry about limits.
    We try our best to make our servers better for you, and we take any reqests that anyone has into consideration. We want to create a fun, lag-free, professional environment for you. Thank you for playing on the MCFun Servers!

The MCFun Central server is proud to be hosted by MCProHosting - The leader in Minecraft server hosting!

MCFun servers were created by TechBug2012 and Danielator36