Selling 3 year old server: MC Simple Gaming (Network) + dedicated server (SYS)

[TGS]

Hello, I'm new to MC-Market.org so I hope I'm doing it right.
In short I'm selling a complete server setup (including website, store, domain, dedicated server etc) which has been online for about 3 years. Please read the whole post though, as it contains much needed background information.
If you're interested in only the dedicated server we can probably work something out.

Reasons behind the sale​

I (Way/TheOnlyRealTGS/TGS) have been working with Minecraft servers for more than 4 years.
In the past year I've been focusing a lot on my studies, and I've reached a point where I no longer have time to maintain my server, and therefore my motivation to do it have also decreased.

I am now looking for a new owner who wish to continue "the spirit" of MC-SG and some of the things that makes the server unique. Among the things that makes MC-SG unique is a personal interaction with every detail, such as small secrets hidden on the server.
It's also the many gameplay options, and most of all, the aim to provide simple gameplay.
I've created (mainly configured) almost the entire server myself. Many of the players have created awesome maps for the server.

Aditionally I would prefer someone with at least a year of Linux and MC server administration experience.

Whats included​

The hardware
The server is hosted on a dedicated server (No VPS) from SoYouStart (A OVH brand), more specifically E3-SAT-3. It costs 40 EUR per month (or €49.20 incl. VAT), however it is a bit overkill with the servers current state.

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1245v2
4cores/8 threads 3.4 GHz+
RAM: 32 GB
HDD: 4 TB
2 x 2 TB SATA3 Soft Raid + 100 GB free backup
Network connection: 1 Gbps
Bandwidth: 250 Mbps
Traffic: Unlimited

You can pretty much configure everything, the Linux distro, control panel, virtual machines etc..
Read more on the above link.

The software
The server is currently running (Linux debian) Ubuntu Server 14.04.4 LTS, Trusty Tahr.
All servers are running Spigot 1.8, the network is connected through BungeeCord. It includes already configured MySQL servers which some plugins on the server uses.

Additionally there's a webserver running BungeeAdminTools ban-list webpage (for staff).
The server has it's own website (I've choosen Weebly because it's fast and easy) and forums (Google Forums) located on http://www.mcsimplegaming.com/
There's also a webshop on http://store.mcsimplegaming.com
Both needs an update.

The server also has its own TeamSpeak server configured too. (mcsimplegaming.com or ts.mcsimplegaming.com)
(Screenshot: https://s26.postimg.org/mnntg7m6h/Team_Speak.png)

And the Twitter account is @mcsimplegaming


Monetizing information
The server has paid for its expenses many many times through paid ranks and other items. The aim of MCSG was never to made a lot of money (even though it did) but was a project I made for fun in my spare time. I never linked those servers with 300+$ ranks and which gave a major advantage (Pay2Win) over others, so I've tried to keep the server free from unfair "donor" features.

Even though you can buy items which will save you a lot of time (compared to getting them for free) they are no where near what I've seen on other servers. For instance, the kits you can purchase only contains a few items. Most of the perks from the ranks are cosmetics and fun features.

With that being said, it needs a makeover, also to be more complying with the EULA.
The store is running on MinecraftMarket which, as of its current state I don't recommend. HOWEVER in a few days they will release their new beta version of the site, and I recommend using MinecraftMarket in the future, because of that.

If you don't want to use SYS (SoYouStart), or Weebly no problem, you will have control over the DNS and have the server maps.

The features​

The server contains a lot of minigames and gamemodes to have fun with. Many of them are classical gamemodes. They are listed here with some screenshots and information.

The spawn area
Homemade spawn area with a lot of fun features. Gives access to all other features/warps and servers. Contains a spawn PvP.

More screenshots here: http://postimg.org/gallery/pae61pzq/


Capture The Flag
Short description: 2 teams competing in a custom built world where you can build and fight. Make defensive walls, protect the castle meanwhile other find a way into the other.
Using the War plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

As a player, you get a fast-paced PVP experience in SMP.

• Join a battle by entering through the warzone lobby. There is one gate per team (team diamond, gold or iron): step in to join that team.
  
• Your inventory is saved when you join a battle, and restored when you exit.
  
• When you die inside a warzone, you get instantly teleported back to your spawn, and one life is taken from your team's life pool. When that pool runs out, the other teams score a point!
  
• Steal the enemy team flag to score for your team.
  
• Fight over monuments, control points that, when captured, restore health to your teammates.
  
• Return the cake home to score a point for your team and refill your life pool.
  
• Capture the bomb and run for your enemy's spawn to blow it up. Careful! If you get attacked at close range you'll blow up.

As a warzone maker, you have total control.

• Take advantage cool landscape features or existing player-build structures and incorporate them in new warzones.
  
• Tons of options: friendly-fire, auto-assign, turn off PVP outside warzones, define respawn loadouts specific to each zone, and more!

War lets you keep mayhem contained in the warzones.

• All the blocks in a zone are reset at the end of every battle.
  
• Players are prevented from entering or leaving a zone - except through the designated warzone lobby - by a magic glass wall.
  
• A warhub can be created to link all your zones together.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Vanilla Survival
Short description: Experience the original vanilla feeling, but with a few tweaks to optimize it for public multiplayer. To prevent spawn griefing can start by being teleported randomly into the wild. A big zone around spawn is protected. You can use /tpa and have 1 /sethome but it takes 15 seconds to be teleported to prevent over-usage.
No paid perks here either that gives gameplay advantage. A very good mix of vanilla and plugins and has been very popular (and still is).

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1071/20130417001225.png


MobArena
Short description: You fight in a arena with other players against mobs. You can choose a class with abilities (everything is configurable) and fight waves of mobs. All arenas shown here is custom built. The arenas are good for other usages too. In game money and items are rewarded for the PvP.

Using the MobArena plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Fight oncoming waves of monsters!
• Play on your own, or team up with friends!
• Earn glorious prizes!
• Build your own arena!
• Completely customizable classes, waves and rewards!
• Easy to set up!
• Extremely easy to use!
• Very few user commands!
• Uses Vault for permissions and economies!

Screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/dr2091au/

SkyBlock
Short description: You probably know this gamemode, but in case you don't: You find yourself marooned on an island in the sky with just a cow and a chest of strange items. Don't fall! Moo!
The island is custom made.
Using the ASkyBlock plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• GUIs for control panels, mini shop, challenges and other commands!
• Multi-lingual UI support built-in
• Fun challenges to complete
• Highly customizable
• Minishop for players to buy items
• Customizable challenges
• Customizable biome shop
• Each player can place a Welcome Warp Sign on their island to enable other players to warp
• Island level ranking system - based on block values
• Supports custom starter island schematics. See here for HowTo. Or here for a video tutorial.
• Initial chest items can be customized See here for HowTo.
• The Nether! Integrated in - portals link to islands. Nether spawn is protected.
• Offline players get team information on what their team mates did while they were away

Spoiler: Screenshots

(Hardcore) Factions server
Short description: My aim with the factions server was to provide hard gameplay. You don't start with a set of fully enchanted diamond gear and a stack of food. Prices are high on everything. A custom spawn is built with shops for nearly all items. You can enter the factions world with a random teleport sign.
You start out with nothing and a few dollars in in game cash, then it's just you vs the wild.
Using the Factions plugin.

A Faction found in the wild:

More screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/1ztr85bdi/


Spleef and Splegg
Short description: Custom built Spleef & Splegg arenas. Spleef is a gamemode in Minecraft where your goal is to knock out players by destroying the ground under them. In Splegg you shoot eggs which removes the block they hit.
If a player touches a deathzone or water/lava he is out of the game. Last man standing wins...

Using the HeavySpleef plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Fully automated spleef plugin
• Unlimited spleef arena and floor creation!
• Different floor shapes: cuboid, cylindric and polygonal floors!
• Different spleef gamemodes: Free for all, team games, games with shovels, splegg or bowspleef
• Game flag system: Configure your spleef game with flags and make your arena unique
• Lobby-Walls to show real time game stats to your players
• Built-in spleef statistics! Show statistics of your spleef games (SQLite or MySQL)
• Compare yourself to other players by a rating/system that minds the skill of your opponent.
• Award your players with different prizes such as money, items or even a firework show!
• Spectate games by flying around
• Create join/leave/start/spectate/vote signs
• AntiCamping: Campers are now a thing of the past! Make them lose if they are trying to camp!
• Enable a nice sidebar scoreboard to show ingame stats about who died and who is still living!
  
• Add winner-podiums to show off the best spleef players on your server (Requires the LeaderboardExtensions add-on)

Spoiler: Screenshots

Splegg

TempleRun
Short description: Custom built maps. The game is simple, run or you'll get eaten. Collect coins along the way for a higher score. Get in game money you can use for the PVP worlds.
Using the InsanityRun plugin.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Another one of the runs: https://s26.postimg.org/qml0z1atl/i_JKv_MTl.png

TNTRun
Short description: Like Spleef, but where the block you stand on disappears after a few
seconds. Be the last one to survive, don't fall through all floors.

Using the TNTRun plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Multiple arenas
  
• Block destroy delay
  
• Custom gamelevel
  
• AntiCamping system
  
• Custom messages
  
• Formatting codes support
  
• Signs
  
• Time limit
  
• Automatic arena regeneration
  
• Arena leave checker
  
• Player rewards

 

[TGS]

CONTINUED, PART 2​

Screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/19ym07xzq/

Paintball
Short description: Paintball is a game where you shoot players from the other team. You can buy airstrikes, mines, grenades flashbangs etc which you can use in game. Stats for kills, points, deaths, hits, shots fired, wins and more.
Using the plugin Paintball War Edition

Spoiler: Plugin features

• No client or server modifications or additional plugins are required !
• Multiple Arenas: Build as many arenas as you like !
• Complete freedom on what your arena looks like! As Paintball does not care about your arenas borders, your arena can have any shape and layout, as long as it is impenetrable. Simple build some sort of wall around your arena to keep your players inside.
• Multiple Spawns: Paintball lets you define multiple spawn points for each team (red, blue, spectators) !
• Automatic-Lobby-Arena-System: The Paintball lobby will automatically rotate through all your ready arenas. No need for administrators to be online !
• Limitation: Currently there can always only run one match at a time.
• Easy: No complex setup needed ! Only 4 commands and your arena is ready and added to the automatic arena rotation !
• Mechanism to strictly seperate Survival and Paintball and to prevent "cheating" in and with Paintball.
• Easy and individually adjustable small Shop, where you can buy ammunition or other special and unique "weapons", gadgets and power-ups with the Paintball-Cash earned during the matches.
• Ranking: Your players gain points to compete with each other !
• Various statistics: examples are Points, Cash, Kills, Deaths, Hits, Shots, KD, Accurancy, Teamattacks, Wins and Defeats for each player, each arena and as a whole.
• Toggleable Killfeed ! Turn it off if it spams you !
• Most stuff is configurable !
• Much much more.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Hunger Games
Short description: Fight others in amazing arenas. 24 players that needs to find gear and food to survive the fight against others. Make alliances and kill your foes. With an built in shop where you can purchase items in game with SGCoins you earn while playing. The server has 15 arenas, including SurvivalGames 1-5. One is custom built too.

The server is using the SurvivalGames plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Unlimited arenas!
• Option for Bungee mode
• Map voting for Bungee mode
• Vote power up to 3 in BungeeMode
• Waiting lobby for Bungee mode
• Server restarts after a certain amount of games in Bungee mode
• Randomize and limit the amount of maps players can vote for in BungeeMode
• Become a spectator on death and watch the rest of the game!
• Deathmatch to finish the arena!
• Coins system! (included inside the plugin)
• Vault support!
• 1.8 Titles!
• Tier 1 and Tier 2 chests
• Custom tier 2 Chest type, tier 2 could be anything, even grass
• Leader board signs!
• Display top players heads
• Change coins earned per kill/win
• Option to allow spectators to open players inventories
• Have any amount of coin modifier you want, there is no limit
• Lightweight Rollback (Only rolls back carepackages and prevents Fire from burning/spreading, and blocks tnt damage)
• Advanced Rollback (Restores the full world)
• Option to allow arena modification, so for example you can allow players to break/place certain things, blow up certain things, or maybe modify everything, and this features allows you to use this plugin in so many different ways, it allows you to imitate different plugins such as SkyWars
• Fireworks ending and a cool little map
• Display your own images such as server logo on the winner map
• Carepackages (Call an airdrop with rare items that are configurable)!
• Sponsoring feature for spectators
• Create categories and sort items that players can sponsor
• Fire wont spread/burn blocks just burn players
• Have your own SHOP so players can buy items with coins or disable the shop!
• Achievements!
• Reset a specific player stats with a simple command, or reset everyone
• View offline/online players stats
• Create your own kits! make them free or purchased with in game money or real money or require a permission
• Option for allowing players to be able to spectate arenas that have already started!
• Players in the game can only perform commands u specify!
• Loads needed worlds for you! incase you don't have multiverse
• A built in world management commands, you can 'create' 'delete' 'import' 'tp' 'list' 'backup' 'rollback' worlds with a simple command! and so you don't need any other plugin to manage your worlds!
• You can create 'normal, nether, the_end, empty' worlds with the worldmanager command
• A warning system, where doing something not allowed a configurable amount of times will result in player being kicked out of the game.
• Disable specific items from being used!
• Use UUID or NORMAL NAMES
• Works with or without MySQL
• Changeable signs format and colors
• Change breakable blocks and placeable blocks
• Add '*' in breakable/placeable blocks to add all blocks and do -ID to remove a block from all the blocks
• Global lobby
• Update checker! the plugin will notify you when there are available updates
• Metrics
• Grace time at the begin! (Configurable)
• Refill chests after specific time
• Strike lightning on player death!
• Saves many player stats! such as Gamesplayed, kills, wins, Play time, and more!
• Change items that spawn in chests and the durability and the amount of them and enchant. name, lore them!
• Have a custom chest.yml for each arena, or use a single chest file for all arenas!
• Amazing bounty system that fully uses GUI's
• Change prefix, scoreboard prefix, scoreboard content, and almost all messages!
• Signs that shows some information about arenas, and can even display their state color on the block behind them
• Auto-join sign (A sign that finds the best available arena and let the player join)
• Option for Global Deathmatch in BungeeMode, basically if its on, all of your arenas will use the same Deathmatch map
• Basic API
• Cool scoreboards!
• Cool tracking compass!
• All commands that manage players stats can be accessed even when the player is offline
• Super, and I MEAN super independent, it can work FULLY by it self, without a single other plugin. it doesn't even need the main ones, like Multiverse or Essentials.
• Enough for now, you see your self

Spoiler: Screenshots

http://postimg.org/gallery/2va7h1gpi/
And some more.

KitBattle (KitPvP)
Short description: Choose one of the 32+ kits and jump into the fight against others. Heal using soup. Use your kits special abilities. Get the top rank and purchase all kits using your earned coins.

Using the KitBattle Advanced plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Create as many maps as you want!
• Comes with 32 Default kits
• 20 Unique abilities that you can customize everything about
• Create/Delete/Edit Kits on the fly with a simple command
• Customize each kit items, armor, price and everything!
• Give any kit any amount of abilities you want, or remove those abilities
• Coins system
• Kits shop system
• Option to make kits purchased permanently or for one life
• Kitunlockers (Unlock a random kit for free, with some cool effects)
• Ranking system! Create your own ranks and customize the required exp and prizes for reaching that rank
• MySql support
• Option to use either UUID or normal names
• Leaderboard signs!
• Display top players heads above signs
• Amazing cooldown system that wont cause any lag on your server!
• Option to use BungeeMode (Turns the plugin to a dedicated plugin)
• Option for Map Shuffler for BungeeMode (Shuffles between maps every specified minutes)
• Change the amount of coins and exp earned per kill!
• Double coins and exp with the permission kitbattle.vip
• Sponges act as launchpads
• Change the default kits that the players start with
• Option to make any kit require a permission!
• Use /kb resetkit to reset your kit and be able to select another one! (Good for vips)
• 1vs1 System! Challenge players individually in a cool 1vs1 System, and each map has its own 1v1
• Killstreaks! (Will be shown in exp bar)
• Killstreaks rewards! Customize commands executed when a player reaches a specific killstreak
• Vault support
• Option to display players ranks in chat
• Enchant, name, lore, dye, change the durability, of any item in any kit
• Control the allowed commands that can be performed while playing kitbattle
• Soup heals 3.5 hearts!
• Reset players stats with one quick command!
• Create various types of signs!
• Very cool scoreboards that display many useful information
• Customize most of the plugin messages including the plugin prefix and the Scoreboard it self!
• PlayerUseAbilityEvent for other devs to hook into and make something creative with the current Abilities.
• Customize the way signs look!

Screenshots:

SkyGrid
Short description: A custom made spawn in the middle of the grid gives you access to shops where you can buy resources. You can also buy protection stones that can be placed to protect your land. Or you can fight others on the PvP island. Survival in a fancy grid style.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Other features:
Creative server
PlotMe style creative where you get a plot to build freely on. Anti lag plugins implemented.
Too many plots to count made by players. 3 worlds, standard, mega plots (100x100) and a VIP world.

Parkour
The server has 6 parkour courses which is custom built. By completing these you can get items for the PvP maps.

Screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/1fka9hhw6/

PvP arenas
The server has 7 small PvP arenas filled with secrets. This is the main place to spend your in game money and use the items you have gained from parkour and mobarena.

And much more...​

The playerbase​

At its most popular times there was 150 players online.
I have never bought any advertising, yet an estimated 400000 unique players have visited the server. Since the last reset in Feburary 2015, 63000 have visited the server. The main reason for this is that it is the 16nd most viewed server on PlanetMinecraft with over 300000 views.
I've also advertised for in my signature (Bukkit & Spigot forums) which helped a small bit too.

Additionally, the server is listed on 10 different voting sites. But again, I never liked huge rewards for voting, so the reward for doing it has been humble, and it was never advertised a lot in game (I also find that annoying).

Over the past year I've had very little time to work on new additions, and fix issues on the server, especially the past 6 months, mainly due to studies.
Without an active owner, lack of updates and increasingly breaking things, the server slowly died out. Yet there's still an estimated 50 players active (not at the same time though.). Most of the players come from USA, and there's sometimes 20 people online (which I find impressive, considering what I've just wrote). The server is currently also on 1.8 which prevents A LOT of players from joining, many younger players still don't know how to downgrade.

But because of the great "advertising spot" on PMC, new players visit the server everyday, and such there's still a great potential for MCSG. Not surprisingly though, many don't stay because of the current state of the server.
Another thing is if you google "Minecraft Voting" this server is listed as number 2 out of 600000 results! As you may know, google has personalized search results, so it may not be the same for everyone. This is a non-personalized search-result from USA:

Spoiler: Google result for "Minecraft Voting"

Many people still visit the website too.

With a complete "Rebranding" by updating the website, getting a new PMC banner (advertising "MC Simple Gaming 2.0" or similar), updating the PMC page to make it more interesting, and making sure people know the server is active again, I strongly believe the server can be popular again.
Keep in mind too that the server has been around for 3 years, so many people know the IP and the name, and have it listed in their client.

So with this in mind, I find it impressive that people are still playing on the server and visiting the websites with nearly a year without a lot of updates. Again, I think the server still has a very good potential.

Miscellaneous info​

The server is using PermissionsEX as permission system. All plugins are freely available to the public (which has good and bad sides) and a couple of them are paid (contact me about this matter, as I can't give you them).

Contact
Skype: TheOnlyRealTGS
Mail: MCSGcontact (gmail.com)


Bottom-line
This server has a lot of potential, and that is the reason why I'm trying to find a new owner because I don't the time myself to maintain it. Many things are not working and plugins needs updating which will take a lot of time. But even with all it's current flaws there's still a small playerbase, which is a living proof this server still has a future. Additionally I've chosen to stay on 1.8 because of the combat upgrade, but I recommend updating (or atleast make 1.9-1.10 clients able to join). Welp, that was easier than I thought, 1.9-1.10 client can now join. Should have done that ages ago.

However I believe it wont take much fixing and new advertising to make MCSG rise again. Minimum price is 100$.
Suggested price: 300$ - make an offer.
As I said earlier if you're only interested in the dedicated server we can work something out.

Server IP for TeamSpeak, Website, and server: mcsimplegaming.com

Some simple proof of ownership: https://postimg.org/image/3y0fd7ith/

Best regards,
Way (TGS)

 

[UncleCole]

Hello, I'm new to MC-Market.org so I hope I'm doing it right.
In short I'm selling a complete server setup (including website, store, domain, dedicated server etc) which has been online for about 3 years. Please read the whole post though, as it contains much needed background information.
If you're interested in only the dedicated server we can probably work something out.

Reasons behind the sale​

I (Way/TheOnlyRealTGS/TGS) have been working with Minecraft servers for more than 4 years.
In the past year I've been focusing a lot on my studies, and I've reached a point where I no longer have time to maintain my server, and therefore my motivation to do it have also decreased.

I am now looking for a new owner who wish to continue "the spirit" of MC-SG and some of the things that makes the server unique. Among the things that makes MC-SG unique is a personal interaction with every detail, such as small secrets hidden on the server.
It's also the many gameplay options, and most of all, the aim to provide simple gameplay.
I've created (mainly configured) almost the entire server myself. Many of the players have created awesome maps for the server.

Aditionally I would prefer someone with at least a year of Linux and MC server administration experience.

Whats included​

The hardware
The server is hosted on a dedicated server (No VPS) from SoYouStart (A OVH brand), more specifically E3-SAT-3. It costs 40 EUR per month (or €49.20 incl. VAT), however it is a bit overkill with the servers current state.

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1245v2
4cores/8 threads 3.4 GHz+
RAM: 32 GB
HDD: 4 TB
2 x 2 TB SATA3 Soft Raid + 100 GB free backup
Network connection: 1 Gbps
Bandwidth: 250 Mbps
Traffic: Unlimited

You can pretty much configure everything, the Linux distro, control panel, virtual machines etc..
Read more on the above link.

The software
The server is currently running (Linux debian) Ubuntu Server 14.04.4 LTS, Trusty Tahr.
All servers are running Spigot 1.8, the network is connected through BungeeCord. It includes already configured MySQL servers which some plugins on the server uses.

Additionally there's a webserver running BungeeAdminTools ban-list webpage (for staff).
The server has it's own website (I've choosen Weebly because it's fast and easy) and forums (Google Forums) located on http://www.mcsimplegaming.com/
There's also a webshop on http://store.mcsimplegaming.com
Both needs an update.

The server also has its own TeamSpeak server configured too. (mcsimplegaming.com or ts.mcsimplegaming.com)
(Screenshot: https://s26.postimg.org/mnntg7m6h/Team_Speak.png)

And the Twitter account is @mcsimplegaming


Monetizing information
The server has paid for its expenses many many times through paid ranks and other items. The aim of MCSG was never to made a lot of money (even though it did) but was a project I made for fun in my spare time. I never linked those servers with 300+$ ranks and which gave a major advantage (Pay2Win) over others, so I've tried to keep the server free from unfair "donor" features.

Even though you can buy items which will save you a lot of time (compared to getting them for free) they are no where near what I've seen on other servers. For instance, the kits you can purchase only contains a few items. Most of the perks from the ranks are cosmetics and fun features.

With that being said, it needs a makeover, also to be more complying with the EULA.
The store is running on MinecraftMarket which, as of its current state I don't recommend. HOWEVER in a few days they will release their new beta version of the site, and I recommend using MinecraftMarket in the future, because of that.

If you don't want to use SYS (SoYouStart), or Weebly no problem, you will have control over the DNS and have the server maps.

The features​

The server contains a lot of minigames and gamemodes to have fun with. Many of them are classical gamemodes. They are listed here with some screenshots and information.

The spawn area
Homemade spawn area with a lot of fun features. Gives access to all other features/warps and servers. Contains a spawn PvP.

More screenshots here: http://postimg.org/gallery/pae61pzq/


Capture The Flag
Short description: 2 teams competing in a custom built world where you can build and fight. Make defensive walls, protect the castle meanwhile other find a way into the other.
Using the War plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

As a player, you get a fast-paced PVP experience in SMP.

• Join a battle by entering through the warzone lobby. There is one gate per team (team diamond, gold or iron): step in to join that team.
  
• Your inventory is saved when you join a battle, and restored when you exit.
  
• When you die inside a warzone, you get instantly teleported back to your spawn, and one life is taken from your team's life pool. When that pool runs out, the other teams score a point!
  
• Steal the enemy team flag to score for your team.
  
• Fight over monuments, control points that, when captured, restore health to your teammates.
  
• Return the cake home to score a point for your team and refill your life pool.
  
• Capture the bomb and run for your enemy's spawn to blow it up. Careful! If you get attacked at close range you'll blow up.

As a warzone maker, you have total control.

• Take advantage cool landscape features or existing player-build structures and incorporate them in new warzones.
  
• Tons of options: friendly-fire, auto-assign, turn off PVP outside warzones, define respawn loadouts specific to each zone, and more!

War lets you keep mayhem contained in the warzones.

• All the blocks in a zone are reset at the end of every battle.
  
• Players are prevented from entering or leaving a zone - except through the designated warzone lobby - by a magic glass wall.
  
• A warhub can be created to link all your zones together.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Vanilla Survival
Short description: Experience the original vanilla feeling, but with a few tweaks to optimize it for public multiplayer. To prevent spawn griefing can start by being teleported randomly into the wild. A big zone around spawn is protected. You can use /tpa and have 1 /sethome but it takes 15 seconds to be teleported to prevent over-usage.
No paid perks here either that gives gameplay advantage. A very good mix of vanilla and plugins and has been very popular (and still is).

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1071/20130417001225.png


MobArena
Short description: You fight in a arena with other players against mobs. You can choose a class with abilities (everything is configurable) and fight waves of mobs. All arenas shown here is custom built. The arenas are good for other usages too. In game money and items are rewarded for the PvP.

Using the MobArena plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Fight oncoming waves of monsters!
• Play on your own, or team up with friends!
• Earn glorious prizes!
• Build your own arena!
• Completely customizable classes, waves and rewards!
• Easy to set up!
• Extremely easy to use!
• Very few user commands!
• Uses Vault for permissions and economies!

Screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/dr2091au/

SkyBlock
Short description: You probably know this gamemode, but in case you don't: You find yourself marooned on an island in the sky with just a cow and a chest of strange items. Don't fall! Moo!
The island is custom made.
Using the ASkyBlock plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• GUIs for control panels, mini shop, challenges and other commands!
• Multi-lingual UI support built-in
• Fun challenges to complete
• Highly customizable
• Minishop for players to buy items
• Customizable challenges
• Customizable biome shop
• Each player can place a Welcome Warp Sign on their island to enable other players to warp
• Island level ranking system - based on block values
• Supports custom starter island schematics. See here for HowTo. Or here for a video tutorial.
• Initial chest items can be customized See here for HowTo.
• The Nether! Integrated in - portals link to islands. Nether spawn is protected.
• Offline players get team information on what their team mates did while they were away

Spoiler: Screenshots

(Hardcore) Factions server
Short description: My aim with the factions server was to provide hard gameplay. You don't start with a set of fully enchanted diamond gear and a stack of food. Prices are high on everything. A custom spawn is built with shops for nearly all items. You can enter the factions world with a random teleport sign.
You start out with nothing and a few dollars in in game cash, then it's just you vs the wild.
Using the Factions plugin.

More screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/1ztr85bdi/


Spleef and Splegg
Short description: Custom built Spleef & Splegg arenas. Spleef is a gamemode in Minecraft where your goal is to knock out players by destroying the ground under them. In Splegg you shoot eggs which removes the block they hit.
If a player touches a deathzone or water/lava he is out of the game. Last man standing wins...

Using the HeavySpleef plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Fully automated spleef plugin
• Unlimited spleef arena and floor creation!
• Different floor shapes: cuboid, cylindric and polygonal floors!
• Different spleef gamemodes: Free for all, team games, games with shovels, splegg or bowspleef
• Game flag system: Configure your spleef game with flags and make your arena unique
• Lobby-Walls to show real time game stats to your players
• Built-in spleef statistics! Show statistics of your spleef games (SQLite or MySQL)
• Compare yourself to other players by a rating/system that minds the skill of your opponent.
• Award your players with different prizes such as money, items or even a firework show!
• Spectate games by flying around
• Create join/leave/start/spectate/vote signs
• AntiCamping: Campers are now a thing of the past! Make them lose if they are trying to camp!
• Enable a nice sidebar scoreboard to show ingame stats about who died and who is still living!
  
• Add winner-podiums to show off the best spleef players on your server (Requires the LeaderboardExtensions add-on)

Spoiler: Screenshots

Splegg

TempleRun
Short description: Custom built maps. The game is simple, run or you'll get eaten. Collect coins along the way for a higher score. Get in game money you can use for the PVP worlds.
Using the InsanityRun plugin.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Another one of the runs: https://s26.postimg.org/qml0z1atl/i_JKv_MTl.png

TNTRun
Short description: Like Spleef, but where the block you stand on disappears after a few
seconds. Be the last one to survive, don't fall through all floors.

Using the TNTRun plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Multiple arenas
  
• Block destroy delay
  
• Custom gamelevel
  
• AntiCamping system
  
• Custom messages
  
• Formatting codes support
  
• Signs
  
• Time limit
  
• Automatic arena regeneration
  
• Arena leave checker
  
• Player rewards

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CONTINUED, PART 2​

Screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/19ym07xzq/

Paintball
Short description: Paintball is a game where you shoot players from the other team. You can buy airstrikes, mines, grenades flashbangs etc which you can use in game. Stats for kills, points, deaths, hits, shots fired, wins and more.
Using the plugin Paintball War Edition

Spoiler: Plugin features

• No client or server modifications or additional plugins are required !
• Multiple Arenas: Build as many arenas as you like !
• Complete freedom on what your arena looks like! As Paintball does not care about your arenas borders, your arena can have any shape and layout, as long as it is impenetrable. Simple build some sort of wall around your arena to keep your players inside.
• Multiple Spawns: Paintball lets you define multiple spawn points for each team (red, blue, spectators) !
• Automatic-Lobby-Arena-System: The Paintball lobby will automatically rotate through all your ready arenas. No need for administrators to be online !
• Limitation: Currently there can always only run one match at a time.
• Easy: No complex setup needed ! Only 4 commands and your arena is ready and added to the automatic arena rotation !
• Mechanism to strictly seperate Survival and Paintball and to prevent "cheating" in and with Paintball.
• Easy and individually adjustable small Shop, where you can buy ammunition or other special and unique "weapons", gadgets and power-ups with the Paintball-Cash earned during the matches.
• Ranking: Your players gain points to compete with each other !
• Various statistics: examples are Points, Cash, Kills, Deaths, Hits, Shots, KD, Accurancy, Teamattacks, Wins and Defeats for each player, each arena and as a whole.
• Toggleable Killfeed ! Turn it off if it spams you !
• Most stuff is configurable !
• Much much more.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Paintball1 again: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4489/vdr7.png

Paintball 2 again: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5059/05zc.png
Another map: https://s26.postimg.org/xebg1vzt5/TGIH6_UB.png

Hunger Games
Short description: Fight others in amazing arenas. 24 players that needs to find gear and food to survive the fight against others. Make alliances and kill your foes. With an built in shop where you can purchase items in game with SGCoins you earn while playing. The server has 15 arenas, including SurvivalGames 1-5. One is custom built too.

The server is using the SurvivalGames plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Unlimited arenas!
• Option for Bungee mode
• Map voting for Bungee mode
• Vote power up to 3 in BungeeMode
• Waiting lobby for Bungee mode
• Server restarts after a certain amount of games in Bungee mode
• Randomize and limit the amount of maps players can vote for in BungeeMode
• Become a spectator on death and watch the rest of the game!
• Deathmatch to finish the arena!
• Coins system! (included inside the plugin)
• Vault support!
• 1.8 Titles!
• Tier 1 and Tier 2 chests
• Custom tier 2 Chest type, tier 2 could be anything, even grass
• Leader board signs!
• Display top players heads
• Change coins earned per kill/win
• Option to allow spectators to open players inventories
• Have any amount of coin modifier you want, there is no limit
• Lightweight Rollback (Only rolls back carepackages and prevents Fire from burning/spreading, and blocks tnt damage)
• Advanced Rollback (Restores the full world)
• Option to allow arena modification, so for example you can allow players to break/place certain things, blow up certain things, or maybe modify everything, and this features allows you to use this plugin in so many different ways, it allows you to imitate different plugins such as SkyWars
• Fireworks ending and a cool little map
• Display your own images such as server logo on the winner map
• Carepackages (Call an airdrop with rare items that are configurable)!
• Sponsoring feature for spectators
• Create categories and sort items that players can sponsor
• Fire wont spread/burn blocks just burn players
• Have your own SHOP so players can buy items with coins or disable the shop!
• Achievements!
• Reset a specific player stats with a simple command, or reset everyone
• View offline/online players stats
• Create your own kits! make them free or purchased with in game money or real money or require a permission
• Option for allowing players to be able to spectate arenas that have already started!
• Players in the game can only perform commands u specify!
• Loads needed worlds for you! incase you don't have multiverse
• A built in world management commands, you can 'create' 'delete' 'import' 'tp' 'list' 'backup' 'rollback' worlds with a simple command! and so you don't need any other plugin to manage your worlds!
• You can create 'normal, nether, the_end, empty' worlds with the worldmanager command
• A warning system, where doing something not allowed a configurable amount of times will result in player being kicked out of the game.
• Disable specific items from being used!
• Use UUID or NORMAL NAMES
• Works with or without MySQL
• Changeable signs format and colors
• Change breakable blocks and placeable blocks
• Add '*' in breakable/placeable blocks to add all blocks and do -ID to remove a block from all the blocks
• Global lobby
• Update checker! the plugin will notify you when there are available updates
• Metrics
• Grace time at the begin! (Configurable)
• Refill chests after specific time
• Strike lightning on player death!
• Saves many player stats! such as Gamesplayed, kills, wins, Play time, and more!
• Change items that spawn in chests and the durability and the amount of them and enchant. name, lore them!
• Have a custom chest.yml for each arena, or use a single chest file for all arenas!
• Amazing bounty system that fully uses GUI's
• Change prefix, scoreboard prefix, scoreboard content, and almost all messages!
• Signs that shows some information about arenas, and can even display their state color on the block behind them
• Auto-join sign (A sign that finds the best available arena and let the player join)
• Option for Global Deathmatch in BungeeMode, basically if its on, all of your arenas will use the same Deathmatch map
• Basic API
• Cool scoreboards!
• Cool tracking compass!
• All commands that manage players stats can be accessed even when the player is offline
• Super, and I MEAN super independent, it can work FULLY by it self, without a single other plugin. it doesn't even need the main ones, like Multiverse or Essentials.
• Enough for now, you see your self

Spoiler: Screenshots

http://postimg.org/gallery/2va7h1gpi/
And some more.

KitBattle (KitPvP)
Short description: Choose one of the 32+ kits and jump into the fight against others. Heal using soup. Use your kits special abilities. Get the top rank and purchase all kits using your earned coins.

Using the KitBattle Advanced plugin.

Spoiler: Plugin features

• Create as many maps as you want!
• Comes with 32 Default kits
• 20 Unique abilities that you can customize everything about
• Create/Delete/Edit Kits on the fly with a simple command
• Customize each kit items, armor, price and everything!
• Give any kit any amount of abilities you want, or remove those abilities
• Coins system
• Kits shop system
• Option to make kits purchased permanently or for one life
• Kitunlockers (Unlock a random kit for free, with some cool effects)
• Ranking system! Create your own ranks and customize the required exp and prizes for reaching that rank
• MySql support
• Option to use either UUID or normal names
• Leaderboard signs!
• Display top players heads above signs
• Amazing cooldown system that wont cause any lag on your server!
• Option to use BungeeMode (Turns the plugin to a dedicated plugin)
• Option for Map Shuffler for BungeeMode (Shuffles between maps every specified minutes)
• Change the amount of coins and exp earned per kill!
• Double coins and exp with the permission kitbattle.vip
• Sponges act as launchpads
• Change the default kits that the players start with
• Option to make any kit require a permission!
• Use /kb resetkit to reset your kit and be able to select another one! (Good for vips)
• 1vs1 System! Challenge players individually in a cool 1vs1 System, and each map has its own 1v1
• Killstreaks! (Will be shown in exp bar)
• Killstreaks rewards! Customize commands executed when a player reaches a specific killstreak
• Vault support
• Option to display players ranks in chat
• Enchant, name, lore, dye, change the durability, of any item in any kit
• Control the allowed commands that can be performed while playing kitbattle
• Soup heals 3.5 hearts!
• Reset players stats with one quick command!
• Create various types of signs!
• Very cool scoreboards that display many useful information
• Customize most of the plugin messages including the plugin prefix and the Scoreboard it self!
• PlayerUseAbilityEvent for other devs to hook into and make something creative with the current Abilities.
• Customize the way signs look!

Screenshots:

SkyGrid
Short description: A custom made spawn in the middle of the grid gives you access to shops where you can buy resources. You can also buy protection stones that can be placed to protect your land. Or you can fight others on the PvP island. Survival in a fancy grid style.

Spoiler: Screenshots

And http://static.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1218/2012-05-05_113121_2172174.jpg
Another one of the hub: https://s26.postimg.org/ykk1efdhl/2015_03_05_21_21_07.png

Other features:
Creative server
PlotMe style creative where you get a plot to build freely on. Anti lag plugins implemented.
Too many plots to count made by players. 3 worlds, standard, mega plots (100x100) and a VIP world.

Parkour
The server has 6 parkour courses which is custom built. By completing these you can get items for the PvP maps.

Screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/1fka9hhw6/

PvP arenas
The server has 7 small PvP arenas filled with secrets. This is the main place to spend your in game money and use the items you have gained from parkour and mobarena.

And much more...​

The playerbase​

At its most popular times there was 150 players online.
I have never bought any advertising, yet an estimated 400000 unique players have visited the server. Since the last reset in Feburary 2015, 63000 have visited the server. The main reason for this is that it is the 16nd most viewed server on PlanetMinecraft with over 300000 views.
I've also advertised for in my signature (Bukkit & Spigot forums) which helped a small bit too.

Additionally, the server is listed on 10 different voting sites. But again, I never liked huge rewards for voting, so the reward for doing it has been humble, and it was never advertised a lot in game (I also find that annoying).

Over the past year I've had very little time to work on new additions, and fix issues on the server, especially the past 6 months, mainly due to studies.
Without an active owner, lack of updates and increasingly breaking things, the server slowly died out. Yet there's still an estimated 50 players active (not at the same time though.). Most of the players come from USA, and there's sometimes 20 people online (which I find impressive, considering what I've just wrote). The server is currently also on 1.8 which prevents A LOT of players from joining, many younger players still don't know how to downgrade.

But because of the great "advertising spot" on PMC, new players visit the server everyday, and such there's still a great potential for MCSG. Not surprisingly though, many don't stay because of the current state of the server.
Another thing is if you google "Minecraft Voting" this server is listed as number 2 out of 600000 results! As you may know, google has personalized search results, so it may not be the same for everyone. This is a non-personalized search-result from USA:

Spoiler: Google result for "Minecraft Voting"

https://s26.postimg.org/ntwesqzux/e5_Qoy_NX.png

Many people still visit the website too.

With a complete "Rebranding" by updating the website, getting a new PMC banner (advertising "MC Simple Gaming 2.0" or similar), updating the PMC page to make it more interesting, and making sure people know the server is active again, I strongly believe the server can be popular again.
Keep in mind too that the server has been around for 3 years, so many people know the IP and the name, and have it listed in their client.

So with this in mind, I find it impressive that people are still playing on the server and visiting the websites with nearly a year without a lot of updates. Again, I think the server still has a very good potential.

Miscellaneous info​

The server is using PermissionsEX as permission system. All plugins are freely available to the public (which has good and bad sides) and the ones which are paid plugins will be provided for free (and all future updates to them).

Contact
Skype: TheOnlyRealTGS
Mail: MCSGcontact (gmail.com)

Bottom-line
This server has a lot of potential, and that is the reason why I'm trying to find a new owner because I don't the time myself to maintain it. Many things are not working and plugins needs updating which will take a lot of time. But even with all it's current flaws there's still a small playerbase, which is a living proof this server still has a future. Additionally I've chosen to stay on 1.8 because of the combat upgrade, but I recommend updating (or atleast make 1.9-1.10 clients able to join).

However I believe it wont take much fixing and new advertising to make MCSG rise again. Minimum price is 100$, make an offer.
As I said earlier if you're only interested in the dedicated server we can work something out.

Server IP for TeamSpeak, Website, and server: mcsimplegaming.com

Some simple proof of ownership:

Spoiler: Screenshots

http://postimg.org/gallery/3e9bqg3x2/

Best regards,
Way (TGS)

TBH I didnt read any of this way too long but just from looking at it looks nice

 

[TGS]

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TBH I didnt read any of this way too long but just from looking at it looks nice

Yeah, big server, big list O' features

 

[NetworkManager]

Good luck selling this!

 

[TGS]

You can not give away the premium plugins for free or sell them. Great looking server though

I thought about that, I suppose if you purchase a plugin only 1 server is allowed to use it? (Aka 1 license)
If that's true, then I don't see the problem with giving them away, because I wouldn't need them nor use them anymore
And thanks!

 

[TGS]

What I'm trying to say is you are not allowed to give away or sell premium plugins to someone that has not purchased them there self.

Okay fair enough, I'll mention that in the post then!

 

[Ac3dUd3]

Highly interested. Will contact you

 

[Polaritytrackz]

Damn you lucky son of a gun, it's my dream to make money off a server. Good Job M8

 

[Mathew]

I would sell this for more than $300, this is worth way more. How many donations did you make?

 

[Twooze]

Seems like an awesome server. Could definetly sell for more then $300. GLWS!

 

[Cold]

Seems like an awesome server. Could definetly sell for more then $300. GLWS!

Waaaayyy more than 300

 

[Gruss]

I'll offer $100. (dedi not needed)

 

[Ac3dUd3]

I will BIN $400 for all of it right now. remibarna can vouch that i am good for it as i just bought his faction server Seen here

 

[TGS]

I'll try to respond to all of you

I would sell this for more than $300, this is worth way more. How many donations did you make?

While I wont give the specific number, for instance I've sold 260 of the highest rank (which currently sells for 40$ but have been 35$ in the past, and ofc. cheaper in sales) called Sponsor.
EDIT: Also a side thing, please don't use the word donation, (also a thing I've tried to keep away from) as probably 95% of all money sent to servers are purchases, not donations [DOUBLEPOST=1467649231][/DOUBLEPOST]Current status:
I'm in touch with Ac3dUd3 and we are finalizing the details of the purchase, so currently the network is not for sale.
If we don't reach an agreement I'll write on this post again