This server is called PlainSMP and it is starting Season 2 right now. I think it is for people who just like simple Minecraft and want to play with others without a lot of crazy stuff.
It is pure vanilla survival on Java 1.21.11 and they do not use pay to win or a bunch of random plugins. The whole point is to just play survival and enjoy the normal game together.
They are a small group but they sound really passionate and they want new players who actually like playing Minecraft a lot. People are encouraged to use proximity voice chat if they want to talk in game and hang out.
For Season 2 they changed things so now PvP between players is allowed. They want it to feel more like real survival and not just a super safe community world like last season.
You have to apply to get whitelisted and the applications are done through their Discord.
PlainSMP Season 2 Vanilla Survival PvP
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MineRealm is a really old survival server that has been running since 2010 and a ton of players have joined it over the years. When I joined it felt like a classic SMP world that just kept going instead of resetting all the time.
The world is smaller and it slowly expands so new land generates in the newest version. Builds are protected with their own protection system and with CoreProtect so griefing is not really a thing here. Your stuff is meant to stay safe and not just vanish in a reset.
The server stays very close to vanilla but there are some custom plugins that add a few unique features and help the community play together better. Almost everything you see is built by players and not some giant prefab hub that was spawned in.
There is no pay to win and no spawned items so all progress is done by actually playing survival. The server has a lot of public infrastructure that players made over time so it is easy to get started and then work on your own long term projects.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IP