MCFun Central - Another Relocation, Twitter, and a New Member!

Hey guys,
It's Matt, the owner of MCFun Central (I know, shocker, but we'll talk about this further in the post).

This is a pretty late post, since MCFun Central got relocated last week (Aug. 12), but we have relocated once again. Why would we relocate twice within 2 days?
If you have experience with domains, you know that if your Minecraft port is not 25565, the default Minecraft port, you will have to connect to the server you want to connect to with the domain followed by :whateverporttheserverhas. Since MCProHosting servers come with a random port, you will have to purchase their Dedicated IP package to change your port to 25565.

Once we relocated to Chicago, I had some connection trouble with the server. Everything was fine, I was getting 20 TPS like normal, but it started with you having to wait about a second before your chat message went through. That may not seem like a lot, but go on any lag-free server, and you'll notice that your chat message goes through immediately. MCFun Central has always been that way, so I was a little bit concerned once I noticed this.

By the next day, it had reached a point where you couldn't even connect to MCFun Central, even though the server was running fine and the connection was good. I contacted MCProHosting about this, and they told me that they had screwed up when they gave my dedicated IP to me and that it overlapped with another server. If I wanted a dedicated IP again, I would have to move again. Since the server originally was started in Ashburn and things were fine there, I decided to switch back to Ashburn. However, in the time that I was in Chicago, someone had already taken our old IP, 23.235.224.10, which included both the IP and the 25565 port. Unfortunately, unless the owner of the server that took my IP decides to get another IP (or move, if they are on a server host), we will not get our old IP back.

But as I was trying to move to Ashburn, MCProHosting told me that they had run out of Dedicated IPs in Ashburn as well! Since Washington DC is fairly close, we are now in Washington DC. However, I'm trying something new. Since there were so many IP changes going on, I am not going to give out the new numerical IP. If a bunch of IP changes like these happen again, I want people to be on either the sub-domain or the domain, because I immediately point the domains to the new numerical IP after the IP gets changed, if that decided to happen again.

That being said, if you see "Can't connect to server" for MCFun Central, please edit the server on your server list and change the IP to one of the following:

play.mcfuncentral.net

mcfuncentral.mcpro.co

In other news, we have a new member to the MCFun Servers that has just gone public! Remember MCFun Survival and MCFun Building Plaza? MCFun Building Plaza has become the new MCFun Survival! As some of you may know, MCFun Building Plaza had existed for a while, and it was originally designed as a "creative plots" server, but you could build anywhere in the world. So why is it still called MCFun Building Plaza? We have a new feature to our survival server: Build to Rankup! We have 6 ranks: Beginner (default rank), Stone, Iron, Gold, Diamond, and God! The better you build, the more access to kits and commands you get! But don't get so excited yet: you've got to be an outstanding builder to earn the god rank. Start practicing now! mcfunbuildingplaza.mcpro.co

Lastly, I want to mention that MCFun Central has a Twitter! Most of you come here for updates on the MCFun Servers, but most of these blog posts are pretty long, and infrequent. If you want quick updates on MCFun Central, follow us on Twitter @MCFunCentral

For now, the only twitter account with the MCFun Servers is the MCFun Central, but we will soon add a Twitter for upcoming servers! Also, Orion, the owner of MCFun Building Plaza, will start posting updates about the new server, since MCFun Building Plaza became public.

We hope to see you on our servers!

~ Matt

MCFun Central - New IP!

Hey guys,
Once again, it's Matt, the owner of MCFun Central.
As you know, we finally got our new domain play.mcfuncentral.net to work. However, some of you still may notice "Cannot connect to server." This is because you either are connected with the long IP (23.235.224.10) or you are connected with the sub-domain of MCProHosting (mcfuncentral.mcpro.co). I have some good news and some bad news.

Bad: My server has been reloacted, and because of this, we have a new IP, meaning if you are connected with 23.235.224.10, you will never reach MCFun Central.

Good: play.mcfuncentral.net still works and is still pointed to the server.

Good: The sub-domain is still pointed at my server.

Bad: If you live in Europe, you'll have a harder time connecting to the server, since it's 400 miles further.

Good: If you live in or near Chicago, you'll have a BETTER time connecting to the server =)

Sorry for all of this,

~ Matt

The Domain Is Ready!

Yep,

Today I tried connecting with the domain, and I finally got it to work! We now have a professional domain! Check it out:

So finally, after all this BS starting in June, MCFun Central FINALLY has a domain: play.mcfuncentral.net. All this time, I've wanted a .com domain, so I might switch to that... or we could just get used to the .net domain... let us know which one you want!

Having a domain of our own provides even more benefits: I plan to have a separate server for each minigame. I could use the one "mcfuncentral.net" to connect the servers with different domains. For example, play.mcfuncentral.net, kitpvp.mcfuncentral.net, colorshuffle.mcfuncentral.net, etc. I can do all that with just the one domain, which is useful. The only reason I haven't set up separate servers yet is because right now, I pay $25/month for my server. The cheapest plan with MCProHosting that allows Bukkit (and sufficient memory for the separate minigame) is the Dirt Plan, which is 5/month, + 8 (soon to be 9) minigames. That's $40-$45/month on its own. Then I might setup some other things that take up money, which is also adds on to the price, but we'll see.

Just to clarify, I did not delete the numerical IP or the MCProHosting sub-domain, so if you still have those IPs, you won't need to type the domain just to be able to connect to the server. You can still connect to MCFun Central with these three IPs:

- 23.235.224.10

- mcfuncentral.mcpro.co

- play.mcfuncentral.net

We hope to see you there!

~ Matt

play.mcfuncentral.net + New KitPvP!

Hey guys,
Once again it's Matt, the owner of MCFun Central.

So, you know all this crap I've had with GoDaddy about my domain? It turns out, all along, the domain I was dealing with was mcFUcentral.com (that's not a typo). And even when I was trying to add mcfucentral.com to my server, it just wasn't working anyway. So I decided, screw it. I am now introducing a whole new domain: mcfuncentral.net. But this isn't going to be just a regular domain. I am going to make a website with the domain mcfuncentral.net, and you will be able to connect to my server with play.mcfuncentral.net.

Currently, if you try connecting, it will say "unknown host." This is because GoDaddy is still in the process of pointing the domain to my server. I will notify you once it's ready to connect.

On another note, KitPvP is new and better than ever! Normally, I don't like using KitPvP plugins, but this one was great! It's called KingKits, and it includes everything I've always wanted for my server:

1) Getting paid everytime you kill someone
2) Better payment system (being able to type /pvpkit (kit_name) and still have it taking the money)
3) QuickSoup (doesn't take hunger while you have a kit, but if you right-click a soup when you are missing some health bars, it will heal you, and you can also refill your bowls with /refill)
4) When you select a kit, it puts on the armor for you
5) YOU CAN'T COMBINE KITS! (finally)

We also have a new kit: Ghast! Kit Ghast is available for $250 ingame money per use. Yes, I know, it's pretty expensive, but it's worth it:

I know, it looks kinda weak when you see the enchantments, but come and try them out yourself, you'll see that it's worth $250/use!

I guess that's it for this blog post. School will be starting soon and I won't be able to focus on the blog as much, but I'll keep trying!

~ Matt

MCFun Central - Creative Plots is Back! + Problems with GoDaddy

Hi guys,
Once again, it's Matt, the owner of MCFun Central (you can't be more surprised).
It's been a while since a post was made on this blog, so I thought I'd update all 0 of you reading this blog about what's going on.

First off, if you've been on the server recently, you've noticed that I had a lot of problems with Creative Plots recently. One of them was just a stupid not paying attention jar thing on my part, but the other was a little more serious:
I guess I could say what it is, now that it's resolved. If you didn't know, from the start of Creative Plots on MCFun Central, you weren't allowed to use certain things (like lava, water, maybe tnt (I forgot), spawn eggs, etc.). However, if you put those things in a dispenser or a dropper, it would dispense the item out.
Because of this, we had major lag (in the 0 fps sense) in the Creative Plots world and ghasts flying everywhere. It took a while to get rid of the ghasts. However, this made me realize the serious problem that was developing in Creative Plots. Last evening, I went through some config files until I found the blacklist part of Essentials. You are now not permitted to use spawn eggs of any kind, dispensers, or droppers. I'm sorry if you were planning to make some amazing redstone creation or something with the containers, but it's just to keep out the rule abuse.

Onto the second, more frustrating problem.

As you know, back in the beginning of June, I purchased the domain mcfuncentral.com from GoDaddy. Here's a little word of advice: if you want to purchase a domain from GoDaddy, don't purchase it when you're on vacation.
Just yesterday, I finally got my account unlocked. They deleted my domain, but they refunded it and told me it was up for repurchase. When I got back into my account and tried to repurchase it, it told me it wasn't available. I tried asking a Live Chat support if sometroll else bought my domain or if it was just a glitch on their part. Because of "technical difficulties", they couldn't get my account details.











sigh

MCFun Central - Domain Change DATE + Staff Changes

Hey guys,
It's Matt, the owner of MCFun Central.

First off, I've finally got a (estimated) date for when MCFun Central will be mcfuncentral.com!
So, what's been happening to the domain for the last two weeks?
As I mentioned in the last post, since I'm in Romania right now and I'm using my mom's credentials to purchase the domain, GoDaddy thinks I'm a Romanian hacker who obtained my mom's personal information. Keep in mind that she's not here, so that makes it even worse (yes, I was sent to Romania alone as an unaccompanied minor). It makes sense. My mom is using the card online at home, at the grocery store, restaurants, etc. etc. and all of a sudden someone's using the same card to buy something from Romania. While this is really frustrating for me, I'm still happy all these sites (it's not just GoDaddy, Beatport is actually the only site that doesn't) take these extra security measures. Nevertheless, because of this, I will not be able to purchase anything until I arrive back in America, and even then I have to go through all the identity solving crap that I started here. The flight back is on July 7th, separated into one two-hour flight and one eight-hour flight with waiting in between, so I probably won't be back until July 8th. Then I have to get used to the jet lag. Luckily, the way back to America is easier than coming to Romania, so I'll just sleep for 14 hours and I'll be good. Then I have to resubmit the identity and call GoDaddy. It's a lot to do, and it mostly involves my personal life. With all of this, I don't think we'll get the domain until July 11-12th. We're also having problems with our sub-domain after we purchased the Dedicated IP, but that shouldn't be too long to be fixed. For now the only IP to connect to MCFun Central is 23.235.224.10 . I know, it sucks, but we'll get it, and it's the first step to making MCFun Central the best it can be!

Aside from all the problems, we've got some great news too! Shannon (stan5370) has become an admin instead of a moderator, and he definitely deserves to be an admin! He has experience with programming and we are sure he will help in the new MCFun Central!

Daniel has also moved up from the Admin rank, and has taken The5Llamas's place in Co-Owner! Daniel is the co-founder of the MCFun Servers, so why should he not be the Co-Owner of MCFun Central?

If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments about the MCFun Servers, leave us a comment! We read all of our comments and try our best to do what others want for MCFun Servers!


I'll keep you posted on everything!

~ Matt

MCFun Central - More Domain Change News

MCFun Central has just received a dedicated IP from MCProHosting. This means our sub-domain no longer exists, and you will have to connect via 23.235.224.10 (no port) for a few days until we finish changing our domain.

As I said before in the last post, we are working to get an actual domain from GoDaddy and implement it to our server so that instead of using an MCProHosting sub-domain or a long IP, you would be able to connect via mcfuncentral.com or mc.mcfuncentral.com. However, I am currently in Romania, and I bought the domain with American information. Because of this, GoDaddy is taking extra security measures and asking for a photo of our identification and a picture of our credit card, just to make sure I'm not a Romanian hacker who got access to our identification.

As I said in the first sentence, we have received our Dedicated IP from MCProHosting. Right now, this means good news and bad news: the good news is it is the first step into connecting to MCFun Central via mcfuncentral.com. If we had not purchased a Dedicated IP, you would have to connect via mcfuncentral.com:25576. A Dedicated IP removes the server's port. The bad news about this is since GoDaddy is taking these extra security measures and my GoDaddy account is currently locked, you will have to connect via 23.235.224.10 (with no port) for a few days until we provide proper identification and the account is unlocked. Even then, we still have to wait approximately 24 hours for them to check the identification, and then we still have to wait another 48 hours for the domain change to take place. Man, domain changes are hard. Here's a tip: if you're going to change your server domain to a domain from GoDaddy (or any domain-selling company, for that matter), make sure you're not on vacation out of your country, and make sure you don't do it as your server is starting to rise.

I'll make another post when our domain has finally taken place, and when you will finally be able to connect via mcfuncentral.com. Thanks for reading this post, and thanks for playing on the MCFun Servers!

~ Matt