Shadicx texted me about this and after Gurw's first post I didn't feel very compelled to dignify it with response. Seeing as it is continuing, I might as well nip this in the bud. After all, when only one person is talking, who will people listen to?
Shadicx posted this here because it was his idea and it's his prerogative as pretty much the head admin on the server. He asked me if I cared if he did it, and my response was something to the effect of "It's up to you. I don't give a..." And that was a true statement. I didn't, and I don't. This has nothing to do with T9k in particular. I am not an active mc player anymore. Haven't been for quite some time. Why do I maintain a server? Well, there are a couple of convoluted reasons. I have made friends who still enjoy it. They like the server, how it performs, how its set up, and the level of control they have to keep things in order. Plus, I have the resources to do so at pretty much no cost to myself, other than what very little time it takes to maintain the server. I have written scripts and management interfaces for the >100 servers my company maintains, so having one more penny-ante daemon in the mix is really no big deal. Call it spitting in the ocean. The backups manage themselves, the server reboots and manages its own memory and cpu utilization, my SIEM monitors the logs for errors and other issues allowing me to respond with a ssh command at a glimpse, so it's pretty much a well-oiled machine. That leads into the third fact, which is I DO IT WELL. So, if you're good at something, people like and use it, and it costs you pretty much nothing, why wouldn't you do it?
As for inactivity, I know I have been. Gaming isn't exactly a priority in my life. But, even back when I did enjoy playing more and spent plenty of time on T9k playing, I posted very little. Unlike some people
I'm not a loudmouth who feels the need to comment on everything. It's my nature - I do what I do and say little about it.
But now that you've brought the cat out of the bag, I will talk a little bit. I'm pissed about the fact that I'm even here writing this. I have other things to be doing, but I'm not going to let Gurw's poison spread uninhibitedly.
The fact of the matter is, Gurw is just acting on an old grudge. You see, he was part of Phyzion at one time - when T9k survival first went offline and supposedly wasn't coming back. The server was started to be a lot like t9k was in the 1.8 days. Part of that was that I wanted even the mods to have as close to a 'player experience' as possible. As such, commands such as /give and entering creative mode were restricted, even for the admins. Gurw wanted to be a 'partner' in this endeavor, and I'll admit up-front I was VERY uncomfortable about it. I didn't trust him. I even told him I didn't. Honesty has never been a problem for me. Anyway, he pushed and pushed for enabling a remote administration tool. With this tool, he had rcon capability (the ability to issue direct server commands as though he was sitting ON the server console). It made me really uncomfortable, but I acquiesced. Well, it turns out my concerns were valid. You see, our friend Mr. Gurw, when other admins weren't on, was using the rcon to give himself full op access. During which time, he did things like using worledit to clear out large areas of land underground of everything but the ores and diamonds. He even crashed the server and corrupted part of the world by doing this. Then there were the STACKS UPON STACKS of diamond block and emerald block he gave himself. On last calculation, the diamonds alone ended up being the equivalent of around 11,000 diamonds. Anyway, Mr. Gurw got ousted, and I guess his little feelings are still hurt. SMH
In closing, though, I don't care if it gets listed or not. Again, it isn't my bag. Ultimately I provide a quality service, free of charge, that people are welcome to use. If they don't want to, that's up to them. I'll tinker with it here and there, especially since 1.6 is out and it adds a few interesting things, but ultimately I'll go inactive again, only to pop in every now and then just to check on things. Ultimately, it's Shadicx's world. He gets to choose configurations, moderators, etc. I'm just the semi-silent owner who keeps the technical side smooth.