@z4dg9ssw135 (View Post)
Having the server in online-mode is an important security measure, otherwise anyone could login as your fake cracked account.

If you'd like to join without a paid account, see the first post. You just need to message me your account name and IP Address.

@z4dg9ssw135 (View Post)
Not normally, it's why you need an exception created. But ever since the beginning, there were users without accounts that wanted to play, so I loaded a plugin that lets you bypass authentication if in my special whitelist.

@PRO_KG6100_GR (View Post)
It's the 2nd sentence ):

mc.starcatcher.us

The server CPU has been upgraded from a 2700X to a 5700X. This gives a noticeable performance boost. Large number of players near the player cap are now supported without a big drop in TPS. In fact, the only time I saw it fall below 20 was when we had 14/15 players online.

Here's an example of 20 TPS with 12 players online:


Definitely couldn't get that before.