[Server] VanessaE's Basic-plus Minetest Server [0.4.16]

[VanessaE]

The reboot time for this server has been shifted to 6:00 AM US Eastern Daylight time (11:00 AM CET).

[BrakkHZutt]

First of all I would like to congratulate for the beautiful server.
I'm playing on server with my son for more than a month and we like it. (PG Acul e Ogai)

We have a probelm in the last weeks: both of us can't bought object from vendor.

[VanessaE]

I assume by "vendor" you mean the exchange shops provided by the currency mod. It's up to the owners of those shops to keep them stocked and ready to sell. That server doesn't see much traffic these days (everyone shifted over to whatever new hawtness they could find), so a lot of shop owners haven't bothered to sign on to fix them.

I'm afraid you'll just have to craft what you need.

[BrakkHZutt]

Thank you for the reply. I also mean exchanges near the spawn point where there are diamond tools.

[onewanted]

Hi VanessaE,

I would like my avatar changed to this: "http://minetest.fensta.bplaced.net/#name=the%2010the%20doctor"
My nick is ciccio

Thank's in advance!

[VanessaE]

done. it'll go in at the morning reboot.

[VanessaE]

WARNING:

Someone is redirecting traffic from IP address 104.250.138.199 to my servers on daconcepts.com.

I don't know how, or why (it may be an attempt by someone to frame me for bot activity), but if you see that IP address in your logs, IT IS NOT FROM daconcepts.com! Unless you all hear directly from me here or on IRC, my server's IP address is 188.165.239.81, and NOTHING else (to my knowledge).

If you suspect malicious activity from any IP, I highly advise you look up what host actually owns the IP address, ignore any domain name that seems (or is claimed) to be associated with the IP, and contact that host's abuse department. In this instance, that would be https://www.gorillaservers.com/contact.php as they are the owners of the malicious IP address. I would appreciate it if you do not mention me or daconcepts.com, since doing so may confuse the issue, and clearly neither I nor my servers are associated with any malicious activity of any kind.

I have already discussed the issue with my host and have raised an abuse complaint with the offending host.

I have not, to my recollection, authorized any redirects, proxies, alternate DNS services, other domain names, or any other unusual resources to point at my server, except as may pertain to individual minetest instances or services that I host for a few trusted individuals.

[VanessaE]

I need to let folks playing on my servers know that I'm in distress.

For those who have not heard yet, I have been told I have to move out, and find a new home. It's not from anything I did or didn't do, fortunately. The majority-owner wants to sell (I think because the house is in need of refurbishing and modernization), and the buyer wants the place all for himself, no renting to anyone, so both I and my upstairs neighbors are getting the boot. The landlord says he has no choice, and is as upset over it as I am. He told me that the majority-owner is giving everyone "two months" to clear out. There's no exact date, but I figure he means the beginning of June as the deadline.

Everyone who's ever had to move to a new home and manage the costs knows how expensive the process can be, between up-front rent cost, deposits, moving company, and related things. I'm disabled, and therefore on a fixed, limited income, so I can't possibly afford it all by myself (I need HUD just to get by). I estimate a total cost of around $1500.

When I first got the move-out news, I set up a fundraiser on GoFundMe:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/5pqdb-help-me-move

It's been up for a little over a week, and while I have received some donations, I have not yet reached my goal. I realize that a fair number of my players are just kids and can't help, but this message isn't aimed at them. If anyone here can donate, I'd sure appreciate it! Pry open those wallets, folks!

Whatever I have left over after the move will just become part of my "general fund", to be used for routine stuff. Who knows, maybe someone here will drop me a few thousand so I can buy a whole new wardrobe after the move. :-)

If you can't use GoFundMe for whatever reason, you can also Paypal me at vanessa.e.dannenberg@gmail.com

Beyond all that, the server machine has a monthly cost. I've cut that cost to the minimum, but donation-wise, every little bit helps.

I appreciate kind words, "thoughts and prayers" and the like, but words alone don't put food on the table, or money in the landlord's and utility company's hands. I only say this because I've already had such responses on other venues where I'm sharing this story, from folks whom I know could chip in a few bucks.

I was avoiding posting about this on the forum, beyond the topic deezl started for me in General Discussion, but a major Minetest staff member suggested I should, and so here we are. :-) This message has been cross-posted to all of my main server topics