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Welcome to Open Academy!

We are a friendly community of scholars working on cool problems like developing the artificial intelligence afterlife. This is a mostly vanilla survival server with land claim, since March 8th, 2020.

Please feel free to join us on discord at: https://discord.gg/HsWTQpU

Our world map is available through dynmap at: http://openacademy.live:8123/

Come drop by and introduce yourself! You may be find that you will meet interesting people here, and maybe even make a lifelong friend or two!

History of the server:
– Founded at the start of the pandemic out of a dorm room at Harvard
– Active players fizzle out around January of 2021
– Players stayed in contact over the years through Discord chat
– Server rebooted February 2024, update to 1.20.4
– New players join our friendly community!

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Cracked Crossplay Chaos Anarchy Server

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This is an anarchy server where anything goes. There are usually around 150 to 250 players online every day so the world feels alive and busy all the time.

You can join on Java or Bedrock or MCPE and even cracked players are allowed. There is no queue so you just hop in and start playing right away.

There are no rules listed so expect full chaos with people fighting raiding and doing their own thing. If you want a serious survival challenge with lots of random players this server is built for that.
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Smithtainment Gaming SMP Survival World

auction economyCustom Dragoncustom fishingCustom spawnfair death systemfriendly communityhard modejava 1.21Jobs Systemleveling mobsPlayer ShopsPlayer WarpsPlaytime rankspvp arenaquality of liferanks progressionResource WorldServer ShopSurvival multiplayervanilla style

Smithtainment Minecraft is a survival server that feels pretty close to vanilla but with some cool extra features. It runs in hard mode and has things like MCMMO jobs leveled mobs a resource world stacked mobs and spawners and both server and player shops. There are also player warps and a nice custom spawn with a PvP arena under it.

When you die you do not just lose everything forever. You get sent to a fairy where you can buy your stuff back. There are useful commands like rtp home sethome resourcetp warps cosmetics tags and wraps so getting around and showing off your style is pretty easy.

The server has playtime ranks that unlock more perks the longer you play so it really rewards people who stick around. The economy is balanced and has an auction house plus chest shops so players can run their own little stores. There are also custom ender dragon fights where you can team up to beat the dragon again and custom fishing with tournaments and other events.

The community is described as welcoming and helpful to new players. It feels like a place where people actually want to hang out and build a home online and it has been around for over ten years so it feels stable and cared for.

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TopazEarth SMP – Chill No-War Earth

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TopazEarth is a chill survival server that uses an earth themed map and is all about building and diplomacy instead of war. It is focused on players who just want to relax and make cool builds without worrying about getting griefed in the wilderness.

The world has a custom map and custom underground world generation. The map does not reset so your builds are meant to stay and be part of the server for the long term. There is a 3D live dynamic map you can use to see the world.

PvP is only allowed in arenas so no one can kill you outside of those areas. This makes exploring and building feel safe. The server uses a gold based economy and players can trade using chest shops so it feels very trade and diplomacy focused.

There are regular building competitions and events run by an active development team. The server has been open a bit over a month in beta and already has a small but active community that likes friendly and chill vibes. The rules are basically no wars and no wilderness PvP and focus on keeping the server friendly for everyone.

If you want to make your own nation build it up over time and not worry about constant resets this server is made for that style of play.

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EU Anarchy With A Never Reset World

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This server is called MinecraftOffline and it is an anarchy world for EU players. The owner promises a true permanent world that never resets so everything you build or destroy stays there.

The server runs on version 1.21.11 and it is hosted in Finland so it feels really good for European players. The hardware is strong with a Xeon processor NVMe SSDs and lots of RAM so it should be stable and fast.

There are custom plugins but the whole idea is anarchy. It feels like a place where there are no real rules and players can do what they want. You can fight other players try to survive and see how the world slowly changes over time because it never gets wiped.

If you want a long term anarchy world with EU ping and you like permanent maps this server is made for that kind of playstyle.
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Chill 1.8.9 CZ/SK Survival

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This is a chill Minecraft server that runs on version 1.8.9 and it is made for older style players.

The server feels pretty peaceful and relaxed and the community is meant to be friendly. It is more for people who like the classic version and want to just hang out and play.

If you like simple survival in an older Minecraft version and you want a calm place to stay this server is for you.
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Open Academy | Make Friends | Meet Interesting People | Create Art

Cracked Crossplay Chaos Anarchy Server

Smithtainment Gaming SMP Survival World

TopazEarth SMP – Chill No-War Earth

EU Anarchy With A Never Reset World

Chill 1.8.9 CZ/SK Survival