INTRODUCTION
I’m one of the owners of Hardcore Games, which was and still is one of the most well known Hardcore Factions networks out there. We were established at the beginning of Summer 2016, and were huge between the months of August and November, however due to a spending problem by one of the old owners - they had to sell.
We had large peaks of 2K players and averaged over 500 for a long period of time. On average we made 20K/map, however this varied depending on maps.
I was a lead developer at the network at the time, and myself alongside Gullible and Config bought the server back earlier this year. We’ve spent months revamping it, and creating our original games from scratch.
We really didn’t want to sell, but we’ve basically invested too much in the project to the extent where our latest release wasn’t enough for us, and we just aren’t willing to try and come back as we’ve lost the motivation and have spent too much time on this.
STATS, INCOME, PRICING, AND CONTACT
We’re not going to be linking images of statistics unless need be, however last year we made over $80,000 - with a majority of that being towards the last few months of the year when we were in our prime. (over a course of 6-ish months)
This month we’ve only made $1,000 - please keep in mind we had no server up other than our minigame and Kits server for a large majority of the time. We only had our Squads and Powers servers up for one day.
We have hit peaks of 2,000+ players and have averaged 500 on various occasions. We only hit 500 on our latest launch however during our beta periods we also hit around 300 plus players with no advertisement.
If you’re interested, please message us an offer via our Twitter, which is @hcgamesnetwork. We will not be accepting ridiculously low offers.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
I’ll be pricing up all of our assets and our domain. We’re including everything new and as much of our old assets as we can.
We will not be selling assets individually. It is all bought as a package deal.
Brand and Domain
It’s hard to put a price on this, but it’s worth thousands on it’s own. It’s very difficult to start a new network, so having one with an existing brand and large presence is a huge plus.
Custom Core and Factions Plugin (Value: $800)
This Core was created by myself with some work by our other developer, AgentTroll. Factions was created by the the old ikari development team. These plugins are extremely well designed and have been thoroughly tested. We had little to no lag with 500 players on one instance.
We can provide more details on the Core and Factions plugin along with examples and a list of features if need be however this contains everything you would expect it to have.
Old Core and Factions Plugin (Value: $500)
These plugins were used at the old network. This is an extremely modified version of IHCF which we originally purchased from TemptingMC, who actually owned IPVP. This contains many useful features and has been tested on a playerbase of 500 with no lag.
It has everything needed to start a server on it’s own.
Security (Value: $300)
Also included with the sale will be our security plugin. This plugin was designed to make it extremely difficult if not impossible for your server to be griefed by either a staff member giving out their account or it being hacked. This plugin forces staff members IP’s to be whitelisted before they are able to join the server and outputs all staff commands and unauthorized login attempts to your discord server.
During our time of running HCGames, this plugin was adapted and updated due to our experience with several attacks to the point where it’s extremely hard for another user to gain permissions, or for someone else to log into a staff members account, without console access.
This depends on zPermissions to function, but can easily be updated to support other permissions plugins provided they have the correct events.
AntiPhase
One thing we were very proud about over at HCGames was our antiphase plugin that blocked ALL phasing attempts. Since we have had this plugin on our servers, we have had no reports of people being phased. For this reason, we cannot put a price tag on this.
Other plugins and projects
Along our journey, we’ve collected a fair amount of plugins that have been made for us, some of which we still use today and others that we don’t. Below, I will list every plugin of some relevance to the network and briefly explain it.
Website (Value: $500)
We have a custom front-end design to a website that we never actually got to put in action. This is a really well designed website and was created by Tripplenox, a well known and respected web designer throughout the Minecraft scene.
Please note that this is all placeholder data. The images are listed in this order: Home page, Vote page, Games page, Search Results page, Profiles (HCF and Corners), HCF Game page, Corners Game page, Individual Game Page and Faction Profile page.
We also have a matching theme for both the store and forums which can be seen on our website, https://www.hcgames.org.
We also have the old hcgames website that works with our version of iHCF, however it’ll require some edits to get it working but the backend fully works.
Corners Minigame ($800)
This is our custom minigame that we originally had at the network. This is similar to Bunkers and contains many familiar features. It is a team based game and the aim is to eliminate the other teams without dying and going raidable or capturing the control point in the middle of the map.
You must mine to earn resources, and sell said resources to earn money, which can be used to buy armour, weapons, potions, and more.
This is possibly what we’re most well known for and was a huge gamemode at one point with 400 consistent players. Some videos of it can be seen below.
New Corners
Old Corners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORJPBW6Uo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMZia-7H58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DNkzYba02c
This also includes a plugin that will automatically deploy new games when requested, copying from a template folder, they will be automatically added to the BungeeCord to allow for it to send players and removed when the game completes however this only works with the new version of corners.
Social Media Accounts ($200)
It’s hard to put a price on this, however we have a few active social media accounts that would be included in this sale. Including our Twitter account with over 7,000 followers, and a Discord with around 600 members.
You would receive full ownership of both these accounts.
Builds ($700)
We’ll be including all of our old builds, made by Arches. This includes things such as KOTHs, spawns, and generally a bunch of shit that we’ve once used. We have paid thousands for these builds.
We also have a Christmas themed spawn built that is unused and just built for our christmas map, this would be included in this. It’s a really nice spawn and easily one of the best we’ve ever seen.
Forums
Could’ve been included with website, but I thought I’d outline the fact that you’d receive our site with almost 8,000 registered users.
Buycraft
Also included in this will be the buycraft. We will be able to get this transferred over to your buycraft account so you can see everyone that has purchased anything in the past. We will also include an export of our ranks database so you will have the latest permissions and groups file for everyone.
OFFERS
As I said, if you have any questions, feel free to DM me on here or @hcgamesnetwork on twitter where you will probably receive a more prompt response. We will only be responding to serious offers. We will not be selling any of the assets separately if we find a buyer for the server however if we get no interest, we will start to sell off the assets.
I’m one of the owners of Hardcore Games, which was and still is one of the most well known Hardcore Factions networks out there. We were established at the beginning of Summer 2016, and were huge between the months of August and November, however due to a spending problem by one of the old owners - they had to sell.
We had large peaks of 2K players and averaged over 500 for a long period of time. On average we made 20K/map, however this varied depending on maps.
I was a lead developer at the network at the time, and myself alongside Gullible and Config bought the server back earlier this year. We’ve spent months revamping it, and creating our original games from scratch.
We really didn’t want to sell, but we’ve basically invested too much in the project to the extent where our latest release wasn’t enough for us, and we just aren’t willing to try and come back as we’ve lost the motivation and have spent too much time on this.
STATS, INCOME, PRICING, AND CONTACT
We’re not going to be linking images of statistics unless need be, however last year we made over $80,000 - with a majority of that being towards the last few months of the year when we were in our prime. (over a course of 6-ish months)
This month we’ve only made $1,000 - please keep in mind we had no server up other than our minigame and Kits server for a large majority of the time. We only had our Squads and Powers servers up for one day.
We have hit peaks of 2,000+ players and have averaged 500 on various occasions. We only hit 500 on our latest launch however during our beta periods we also hit around 300 plus players with no advertisement.
If you’re interested, please message us an offer via our Twitter, which is @hcgamesnetwork. We will not be accepting ridiculously low offers.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
I’ll be pricing up all of our assets and our domain. We’re including everything new and as much of our old assets as we can.
We will not be selling assets individually. It is all bought as a package deal.
Brand and Domain
It’s hard to put a price on this, but it’s worth thousands on it’s own. It’s very difficult to start a new network, so having one with an existing brand and large presence is a huge plus.
Custom Core and Factions Plugin (Value: $800)
This Core was created by myself with some work by our other developer, AgentTroll. Factions was created by the the old ikari development team. These plugins are extremely well designed and have been thoroughly tested. We had little to no lag with 500 players on one instance.
We can provide more details on the Core and Factions plugin along with examples and a list of features if need be however this contains everything you would expect it to have.
Old Core and Factions Plugin (Value: $500)
These plugins were used at the old network. This is an extremely modified version of IHCF which we originally purchased from TemptingMC, who actually owned IPVP. This contains many useful features and has been tested on a playerbase of 500 with no lag.
It has everything needed to start a server on it’s own.
Security (Value: $300)
Also included with the sale will be our security plugin. This plugin was designed to make it extremely difficult if not impossible for your server to be griefed by either a staff member giving out their account or it being hacked. This plugin forces staff members IP’s to be whitelisted before they are able to join the server and outputs all staff commands and unauthorized login attempts to your discord server.
During our time of running HCGames, this plugin was adapted and updated due to our experience with several attacks to the point where it’s extremely hard for another user to gain permissions, or for someone else to log into a staff members account, without console access.
This depends on zPermissions to function, but can easily be updated to support other permissions plugins provided they have the correct events.
AntiPhase
One thing we were very proud about over at HCGames was our antiphase plugin that blocked ALL phasing attempts. Since we have had this plugin on our servers, we have had no reports of people being phased. For this reason, we cannot put a price tag on this.
Other plugins and projects
Along our journey, we’ve collected a fair amount of plugins that have been made for us, some of which we still use today and others that we don’t. Below, I will list every plugin of some relevance to the network and briefly explain it.
- Utils
- A plugin consisting of crates, giveaways, mob stacking and clearlag.
- BungeeUtils
- VPN Blocker, Maintenance Mode, Blacklists, and MOTD change command (with countdown).
- Queue plugins
- We have two hub plugins.They both include queue functionality, a brand new one developed for our release and one used the longest at HCGames.We have 3 hub/queue plugins, a brand new one developed for our release and the one we used for the longest at HCGames, Alduin.
- Staff
- A plugin consisting of everything staff based, staff mode, reports, etc. (Restricted to 1.7 support due to NMS but easily upgradable)
- Practice
- We have a complete practice plugin that was only ever used in beta testing on the network
Website (Value: $500)
We have a custom front-end design to a website that we never actually got to put in action. This is a really well designed website and was created by Tripplenox, a well known and respected web designer throughout the Minecraft scene.
Please note that this is all placeholder data. The images are listed in this order: Home page, Vote page, Games page, Search Results page, Profiles (HCF and Corners), HCF Game page, Corners Game page, Individual Game Page and Faction Profile page.
We also have a matching theme for both the store and forums which can be seen on our website, https://www.hcgames.org.
We also have the old hcgames website that works with our version of iHCF, however it’ll require some edits to get it working but the backend fully works.
Corners Minigame ($800)
This is our custom minigame that we originally had at the network. This is similar to Bunkers and contains many familiar features. It is a team based game and the aim is to eliminate the other teams without dying and going raidable or capturing the control point in the middle of the map.
You must mine to earn resources, and sell said resources to earn money, which can be used to buy armour, weapons, potions, and more.
This is possibly what we’re most well known for and was a huge gamemode at one point with 400 consistent players. Some videos of it can be seen below.
New Corners
Old Corners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORJPBW6Uo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMZia-7H58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DNkzYba02c
This also includes a plugin that will automatically deploy new games when requested, copying from a template folder, they will be automatically added to the BungeeCord to allow for it to send players and removed when the game completes however this only works with the new version of corners.
Social Media Accounts ($200)
It’s hard to put a price on this, however we have a few active social media accounts that would be included in this sale. Including our Twitter account with over 7,000 followers, and a Discord with around 600 members.
You would receive full ownership of both these accounts.
Builds ($700)
We’ll be including all of our old builds, made by Arches. This includes things such as KOTHs, spawns, and generally a bunch of shit that we’ve once used. We have paid thousands for these builds.
We also have a Christmas themed spawn built that is unused and just built for our christmas map, this would be included in this. It’s a really nice spawn and easily one of the best we’ve ever seen.
Forums
Could’ve been included with website, but I thought I’d outline the fact that you’d receive our site with almost 8,000 registered users.
Buycraft
Also included in this will be the buycraft. We will be able to get this transferred over to your buycraft account so you can see everyone that has purchased anything in the past. We will also include an export of our ranks database so you will have the latest permissions and groups file for everyone.
OFFERS
As I said, if you have any questions, feel free to DM me on here or @hcgamesnetwork on twitter where you will probably receive a more prompt response. We will only be responding to serious offers. We will not be selling any of the assets separately if we find a buyer for the server however if we get no interest, we will start to sell off the assets.
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