I found NerdNu and it feels like a medium sized server that really cares about community and mostly vanilla gameplay. It is for players who miss that old Minecraft feeling where people actually know each other.
The PvE server is updated to 1.21.10 and it is survival building without PvP so you only worry about mobs. People work together on towns and big city builds and the PvE map reset on September 19th. They also do games nights with different player hosts like spleef thimble and ice boat races on Fridays at 7:30pm and Saturdays at 1pm US Eastern time.
There is also a Creative server on 1.21.10 with open world building and a mix of natural terrain and world painted areas. You can protect your builds and WorldEdit is free to use. Creative has community events too like spleef and speed build on alternating Saturdays and their current map revision started on June 22 2024.
Their snapshot server is currently closed because of recent updates and they will announce when it comes back.
NerdNu Vanilla PvE and Creative Community
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPNerdNu Vanilla Community PvE and Creative
NerdNu is a medium sized Minecraft community server that tries to keep the mostly vanilla feel while still having that old school multiplayer belonging vibe. The PvE server has been updated to 1.21.10 and it is survival mode with no player fighting so you only worry about mobs. People work together a lot and build towns and cities. The PvE map reset on September 19th so it is a good time to jump in.
They also run community games nights on Fridays at 7:30pm eastern and Saturdays at 1pm eastern. Different towns or players host stuff like spleef thimble and ice boat races. There is also an event called Alphabet Soup where you unscramble Minecraft item names then race to gather or craft them.
There is a Creative server too with mostly open world building and a mix of normal generated terrain and world painted areas. You can protect your builds and WorldEdit is free to use. Creative has community events like Spleef and Speed Build on alternating Saturdays. Creative is running on 1.21.8 and started Revision 38 on June 22 2024. The snapshot server is currently closed due to recent updates.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IP