Is Being A Video Game Server Moderator Hard

How do I get more players on my Minecraft server?

I generally agree with other answers - some reasonable and consistent ruleset + community + advertising is the way. I tried to play it for couple of minutes and I have these notes:- Abundance of messages, I really hate it and it distract from playing- Information usually does not make much sense. For example rules say what is wrong, but not what is right. There is the RPG plugins available, so maybe you want the RPG fans, but there is no info about that. Or maybe you hate them, but why the plugin then. - Inconsistency. There are the simple shops, but random wild teleportation points, but no monsters (easy/peaceful game mode?). So it's not clear if you want newbies or experienced players or which other kind of players. My advice:Think about the server concept. For example I like the survival part the most, but I miss monsters. I like the random wild locations, but it's not clear how can I interact with other players. Also, there is no residence plugin (or I could not find it) and it's not clear how you defend against griefers. I don't mind to mine for resources, but when the diamonds can be bought in a shop, then what is the whole point? With affordable admin shop you attract the lovers of easy game play, is it what you want? Tune down the self promo thing. If I play, I want to enjoy it. I will vote for you if I like the server. I don't care about some stupid reward thing. I also don't understand the command cool down timer. Last command I did was /spawn and there I had to wait two minutes (not 2 seconds as for teleport) for no reason on an empty server. You treat me as a bad person from the very beginning and I don't like it. I expect you to protect my gameplay not to protect the gameplay against me. About advertising and community - paid advertising is not wrong, but it's not the only way. Maybe start to invite people you know and tell them why they should join. Make the server working for them first. They can invite more people.

What is a discord bot? What is a discord server?

In order to know what a discord bot is? You should know, what Discord is?Lets see what discord itself has to say,“All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that's free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Stop paying for TeamSpeak servers and hassling with Skype. Simplify your life.”So is Discord, a chat app? Yes, but is also much more than you conventional messaging app. It is for users to build communities, groups & anything else you can do together. You can connect to each other via a text/voice/video chat.What is a Discord Server? * A server is like a community group, with different rooms, each room is referred to as a channel. * A channel is where you can chat. You can drop in your messages in a channel as you would in a normal chat service. In addition, There are voice channels where you can1. talk like you would on a normal phone conversation. :) 2. Listen to music using a Discord BotWhat is a Discord bot?A discord bot is a bot that runs only on discord, it provides with you more functionality than a normal user has, the best part is you can code your own bot and make it do whatever you want. A discord bot can be a1. Chat Bot (a bot that chat & tries to behave like humans) 2. Moderation Bot ( it will automatically moderate your server; kick, mute or ban members, if someone tries to create spam, or anything similar) 3. Music Bot (It can play music in a Discord Server from Youtube or anywhere else)Bots are generally used for  1. Manage Servers (Kick, Ban Mute Members) via bot commands.2. Control the level of Spam 3. Play Music right from within Discord.4. View information about your Discord server or user.5. Create Webhooks for your one or many Github Repositories or a site that supports it.5. Create new features, that may not be already available on Discord. Ex> Levelling SystemThe possibilities are endless, it depends on the developer what he have built.

Minecraft Hacking: How can I change from survival mode to creative mode in Minecraft without permission?

In singleplayer Minecraft click "Esc" key on your keyboard and click "Open to LAN." Click "Allow Cheats." It should now say: "Allow Cheats: On." Then click "Open to LAN." You should now be able to use commands and do /gamemode 1.In multiplayer, the server owner must either do /op or give you permission using the appropriate permission for their permission plugin. As if you want to do it without permission of the server owner, well you can't (unless it is a vanilla server) modern server software is very, very protected against those types of hacks.If it is on a vanilla server that is below versions 1.8.6, certain hacked clients (such as Wurst) can create a sign that allows you to run any command without permission. However, most server owners have upgraded their software and it has been patched.

Why can't some online games detect when someone is hacking?

Actually the online games do detect when someone is hacking.In Counter Strike 1.6, when I was playing in UGC server, I saw that a player was automatically banned for cheating. The screen flashed the message- X has been banned Reason ‘opengl detected’. Again a player was banned reason being ‘cd hack detected’.Now keeping this mechanism in mind, some hacks are made which are unknown to the server and are hard to be detected. So the players make use of this hacks to cheat. But many times they are caught by the Admins or the Moderators of the server. So the use of hack is up to a limit. One cannot use a hack for a long time without being banned.This image above shows the reasons for the ban and the duration. Some are detected by the servers and some by the Admins and the moderators.

Can Minecraft admins be overpowered?

I won’t lie. There are times I’ve seen multiplayer admins abuse their status. However, any server with rampantly abusive admins is bound to lose more players than they gain.The server I admin for has rules for both players and admins alike. If a player breaks too many rules after being warned to stop, they get banned. If an admin abuses their power and/or breaks rules, their admin status is revoked.You ask for examples, so I’ll give you one.An admin (who shall remain anonymous) decided it was a good idea to incite conflict between other admins. I’m not sure if it was a case of narcissism or just a lack of discipline, but they insisted on arguing non-stop. Eventually, they began raiding and bullying players. Because this admin had caused significant conflict between the admins, it was tough for the owner to please everyone. So, the owner established the Head Administrators group. In it were three admins: me (the head builder), the head command block guy, and the head system manager. We decided it was best for the server as a whole if we purged the toxic admins. The original troublemaker was gone, and so were a few of their friends.It’s been months now, and the server is still going strong. Granted, the latest snapshot is becoming a massive pain (sooooooo many glitches…), but we’re moving up. Pretty soon, we should have a dedicated rig. I just… y’know… gotta yell at Amazon for losing the CPU… Ugh…You do have a point. Admins aren’t exactly ‘elected’, but there’s always at least one step above them to keep them in check. And on good servers, if players file complaints against a specific admin for anything other than ‘he/she banned me because I was breaking the rules and thought I was invincible’, the staff above the admin will take action. Servers where admins don’t usually get punished are called ‘anarchy’ servers (where literally everything is allowed- hacks, griefing, stealing, harassment, foul language…).A good thing to remember is that people online do not have as much power over you as you might think. If someone on a server is bullying you and admins won’t do anything about it, just leave. I know it might be a pain because you probably built a nice house and all, but if there’s no respect for the players, there’s no reason to stick around. If you followed the rules, then there’s not much else that can be done or said. Leave an unhappy review for the server, and move on.