This is a close contender (it's is also up, and really thriving; it's even on close to the latest version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2b2t
I can recommend 2b2t if you don't mind the 4chan-like mentality in the chat. Probably the only server where coding is actually a desired, core skill in factions/teams/groups.
While yes 2b2t is on a modern version most of its history was spent on 1.12. Only last year did they jump to 1.9 and only in the last few months to 1.20. Not knocking it, just most of the old builds and metas were based on 1.12.
Minecraft was the first game, someone on the "internet" gifted me. I was like "Why do you do that?!" and he was just like, because it's cool to play with you.
Minecraft was the first game I made long term friends from the internet in. I went on to play other games with my friends from minecraft for years. My first real relationship was with someone I met on Minecraft. I flew across the US to visit her multiple times in high school (working as a dishwasher to buy tickets). 7 years later I bought her and her child plane tickets to visit me (earlier this year).
Also Minecraft got me into programming in Java, which let to my programming career. So yeah... Minecraft has been a pretty big part of my life, even if I mostly stopped playing it in early high school :P
Yup. Folks like to bring up Roblox (rightfully) with regards to gambling and hosting shady real $money shops for in game items but AFAIK (public) Minecraft servers have been doing this since at least 2012. "Pay $20 for a 'rank' on our server! You get extra goodies!". "This special diamond sword is only $1!".
Really an under reported stat imo. These servers are under the radar.
However, money sinks like gambling can be seen as a part of the in-game economy and are a useful tool to take money out of circulation.
I don’t necessarily have a problem with judicious use of it, but if the point of the server becomes buying in-game currency to lose it at the poker table, then yeah, that’s exploiting your users.
If they talk about in-game currency, probably they mean mudflation. It's like inflation, but in games. If you can produce in-game currency out of nothing, the value drops.
This is a close contender (it's is also up, and really thriving; it's even on close to the latest version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2b2t
I can recommend 2b2t if you don't mind the 4chan-like mentality in the chat. Probably the only server where coding is actually a desired, core skill in factions/teams/groups.