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I'm assuming they just abuse a loophole where they remove their stores for a short time, get unblocked, and then reinstate all their P2W mechanics

Y'know what's weird? They added an in-game way to report _players_ to Mojang but AFAIK there's no in-game method of reporting _servers,_ makes you question Mojang's priorities Hope this video encourages more action to be taken against these servers

The fact that badboyhalo and skeppy both own a p2w server although surprising at first really doesn't surprise me after thinking about it

This is exactly why i have no faith in mojang when it comes to multiplayer moderation. They already fail at moderating servers. They already fail at moderating their own damn marketplace. Why should i believe their claim that they will be able to manually review chat reports?

I know a bit about MunchyMC & InvadedLands, and to my knowledge, all they did to get unblocked was remove the ability to buy an unban from their stores. Which is interesting, because that is certainly not the most pay to win aspects of those servers.

As someone who played the MunchyMC survival server for a decent bit, you didn’t even mention probably the most P2W part about the game mode: you can literally just buy fly. I’ll just leave it at there. I’d also like to mention that these features are still in the store after being blocked by Mojang.

The weird thing is that there are now somewhat enforcing it while the last time there was enough public pushback that it made notch leave

When you realise that bedrock is just as or more pay to win except mojang endorses this

Wow, Minecadia's prices somehow manage to make EA look good.

Amazing video! It would be amazing if Mojang blocked all P2W servers

I've only ever donated to a server twice (the same server, two different times) and it was because it was a small server where I new most of the players, and the owner was hosting the server on his own hardware. It sadly went down as players moved away and hardware troubles resulted in the server getting corrupted. I'll miss you ipwnage.

This series of pay-to-win server videos are excellent, I'm glad you are drawing attention to the issues they cause in a fun and sometimes hilarious way.

If they do want to give an actual punishment for breaching P2W rules, the minimum punishment they should do is a 30 day ban, regardless of whether the server owners put on their goody two shoes within the 30 days. They are already given a week's notice to get rid of the P2W mechanics, so if they fail to implement the changes then they should go down for a long enough period that their wallets hurt.

I had no idea Skeppy and Badboyhalo owned pay to win servers. Wow

Im really superised that donutsmp or any p2w server hasnt been abonded or blocked from mojang yet i feel like if your server is bedrock compatable you pretty much safe

It’s really sad that the servers which don’t rely on predatory tactics are significantly disadvantaged.

No joke, I get *super* excited when your videos come up. Fantastic videos each and every time.

The sad part is, there are way too many servers that have these issues for mojang to handle If they were to ban every server that does this off their platform, it would be a massive hit to company profit, and player base. These servers could include the server ran by your friend in his moms basement, or very large servers such as The Archon. Its just too much to remove and thats the sad truth.

It's so funny seeing this topic again. I worked in a server network as one of their modded server managers. One of the things that was at the time a heavy topic of debate was how to circumvent the EULA enforcement. Back then Enjin was a well known and heavily used forum / website hosting service. When the original anti-monetization rulings were added to the EULA and the threat of a global ban was present. The server network owner collaborated with other network owners. They basically came to an agreement that the rules at the time allowed for the use in-game currency. It was absolutely nutters how much effort was put forward into finding so many ways around the EULA enforcement.

Another thing about some of these servers is you can literally trade in game currency for other people to buy you ranks, only for the server to be reset months later. I used to play on invadedlands when there were hundreds of players on skyblock, and the chat would just be spammed with “IRL DEAL”. I even managed to get ranked up 4 times and looking back it’s kind of sad that I basically wasted someone’s money but I can’t do much about it now

What a way to suddenly lose respect for a whole bunch of people. Great video, and great reporting. Keep it up!

The servers could literally make donation based ranks which will give you small perks and are mainly only for supporting the server. Like buy the donation, you'll get a rank, and for example, on origin realms, which is a server with small "realms" where you can build your stuff has a border which expands when you buy donations or ranks. It isn't a big thing but its mainly just for supporting the server. Small perks and not completely p2w

I hope you continue your duping crusades against these P2W servers. If the company doesn't take action, then let the exploiters do it.

MCComplex was my first server, the first server I loved and the first one I started to hate. I tried to make a video with Horizon but it fell apart in the end, I still have hours of footage for it though!

My issue with all this is when u look at the bedrock features servers they break these rules but sadly they don’t get yeeted

Man, you gotta share that custom sky you use. It's incredible

Lets be honest here. None of the players that enjoy these games are actual children or “steal their mommy’s credit card”. They are actual teens or even adults that willingly choose to buy these ranks to support the servers because they love it. There is no need to throw a pissy fit because these servers are “p2w” 💀

This is one of the main reasons why I *never* play on public servers. I visited a couple back in the day while playing with a friend, and was utterly disgusted by all the "crates", "kits", "roulettes" and all that crap literally everywhere. I absolutely despise any and all in-game transactions, as well as for-profit donations. Donations should never have any rewards - thus they will be *actual genuine donations,* and not just shopping with extra steps.

It's nice to see Mojang finally cracking down on this! Edit - nvm they all got unblocked 💀💀💀

Seeing the amount of people who bought the 500$ rank hurt my soul because I know that behind every one of these accounts is a kid who found mom's credit card

Used to be staff for a server called VenomPvP years back, pretty sure Viper or someone like them bought them out. But the winning gamemodes payout thing I never questioned, until I realised after the buyout that people would just invest in a good rank to get all the perks, then dominate the season to get the payout in the factions gamemode.

Used to play on MunchyMC I honestly had no idea it was P2W, mostly because I didn’t care much about the server and only ever messed around with the banned players. Think I played kitpvp there a grand total of one time. Also might’ve played invadedlands a bit.

We are now at the dark ages of Minecraft >servers are now pay to win >Creators being exposed to pedophilla >Mojang not taking responsibility

I was literally playing on Complex like a month ago, and I'm a bit surprised that it was removed. The Crates, are p2w, but at the same time, prot 6 isn't the worst that you can find. I remember that I played on a server that literally had level 86 enchants, like, I could one tap withers, I think it was like JurassicMc or somethin'.

Cosmic PvP was a popular factions server for a very long time, got blocked quite awhile ago, and is still blocked today, but can be accessed through the cosmic client

Microsoft when seeing literal pay to win: "I sleep now" Microsoft when people on PRIVATE PAID SERVERS: "DONT YOU DARE SAY SOMETHING WE DONT LIKE AND WONT TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN SAY!!"

So when are they going to ban your server or hypixel for selling ranks? Like come on dude this video is ridiculous

bro is that a shader where you get those big planets in the skybox or a custom texturepack? because it looks absolutely sick!

Video popped up after looking up other Minecraft stuff. I never knew this existed. I only played solo or with friends, never on any official servers. This is crazy, I can’t believe that people do this in Minecraft and people pay for it too. I hate that gaming is being ruined by greed. I wish I could tell some of the younger kids to try other games rather than spend an absurd amount on one.

I played on munchymc for a long time without a rank, and, kitpvp at least was definitely not pay to win. Basically kits were on a rotation, and each kit was just as good as every other kit. If you didnt have a rank you could play the kits on rotation but if you had a rank you could use any kit. Not pay to win really. Shame about the rest of the server being pay to win though,

This man speaks the truth people really need to hear what this guy has to say at the end, also he explains some flaws that minecraft has

the best way to do crate keys thats fair is to have kits with them and all players have perms to the kits. Like /kit daily could give a daily key that gives not too valuable things including cosmetics and farming supplies /kit weekly for a weekly key that has nice building blocks and handy tools and /kit monthly for a monthly key that gives enchanted books or armour. As for the ranks and perks like /fly I like the idea of being able to buy these with game time. I understand that hosting and domain names are an ongoing cost for servers and I do like being able to pay a little just to help the places I play

Key thing with this issue is that Mojang/Microsoft have a loop hole in the EULA. Stating that they can only enforce the new rules for versions after said update was released. Meaning most servers will downgrade to a version before said rules were implemented. So sadly i dont see this being fixed any time soon.

I think that some advantages for donating would be fine, i used to play on a server with my cousin when we were kids and he had VIP which gave him 20 set spawns instead of my 10 which id say is fine, /kit gave me wooden tools but his were stone tools instead, his name on the chat was different, he had access to the VIP place above spawn that did nothing but was cool lol and i think that was it and honestly i have no issue with these benefits and i remenber it being cheap too like it was just to keep the server running rather than making a profit... good times!

I played munchymc (specifically the kitpvp gamemode) and the ranks really arent an unfair advantage the kits are all fair, the best kit was literally the default one, though the server had some corruption problems such as abusing mods, doxxers, cheaters(that were known to be cheating) & more

half the banned stuff still happens on the server I play on. I can buy in game money once a month and amount is based on my rank that I also pay for. plus super op tools that insta break trees, catch mobs, or even drop eggs for mobs u kill. They keep adding more stuff constantly in the past 6 months and its getting a bit ridiculous. I've been here 2 years and would hate to see it all banned, but its gotten super greedy for a basic survival econ server...

I remember leaving the staff of a sever due to another server owner coming in and starting to influence the original owners - their sever was taken down by Mojang within a month due to their donation tiers. It was funny cause the other sever owner ended up losing his sever as well due to embezzling the donation funds :)

It's extremely difficult to keep a server running while having 0 p2w features. I get it because for most players the reason for a rank is for an advantage. When there are no advantages in terms of game play, only very few portion of the player would be willing to donate and there won't be enough money to continue running the server. This is the truth for all minecraft servers unfortunately

If someone has the time, Im sure theres some law that could be pinned on Microsoft for allowing these servers to have a gambling mechanic and therefore, could have a class action lawsuit lobbed at them. Not only would it most likely pay out to all owners of a Minecraft account, but it would force them to do something about the servers after they loose some 10's of millions of dollars in a lawsuit.

bro you unlocked a memory for me on cold pvp I played that shit years ago with my friend damnnnn

the thing about Complex, they have some of the best modded servers. Whenever they host a pack I want to play I usually drop them some cash; I validate it with it being server costs, but I probably never use more than the extra /homes so to each their own.

All of these are disgusting, but the Cosmic PvP and Cosmic Prisons servers are so incredibly P2W and Lootbox-based it sickens me. You should make a video talking about how predatorial they are towards their player's money

It would be pretty hard to ban invaded lands at this point because it would make skeppy fans mad and it would make lunar client mad because they just partnered

Maybe they negotiated, I was once in a server which got blocked because of their p2w items (Which was the lowest you could go on P2W, by this I mean like Semi-OP but good kits for ranks) and also had per gamemode ranks. They got blocked, after 1-2 weeks of being blocked and changed a lot, It was unblocked, but I have heard that the owners paid thousands to make the server come back (take this with a grain of salt, I got told this from a SrMod from the server)

There is a mod for fabric "Blocked server bypass for Fabric". Tried to play on mineland but got "unknown host". I thought that server has closed but then i remembered this video. Very useful mod, it works on 1.19.2 too

From playing munchyMC I never thought of it as pay to win

Minecraft servers that prey on little kids to make money are just the worst.

Great video mate, unfortunate that they just get unblocked without punishment. Also.. What shader are you using!?🤯😅

The reason ptw works in any game: People pay to win. If they just stopped paying or playing, the practice would end too. But neither will happen sadly

2b2t will not be removed anytime soon

I kinda felt targeted when he said that keep inventory ruins the survival experience because I always play with it. The reason being I want to actually have fun and enjoy the game and I'm not a masochistic that enjoys losing days or weeks of hard work in a matter of seconds.

Hey, how do you do popularity charts for each server (number of people connected / day for example ) ? Have a nice day !

whats sad is how popular some of these servers are, and the fact i knew some of them (i didnt play any of them luckly) and was still unaware they were pay to win. :/

This worries me. If I want to play a game of minecraft with my friends, and we've all bought a legitimate copy, and I'm hosting the server on my own hardware, with my own connection, the fact that Mojang can interfere is... fucked up. If it were Mojang thinking I was pirating, that'd be one thing. But if Mojang's performance with the chat bans is anything to go off of, I have zero faith in them performing these server bans fairly.

I think the guidelines should be revised to say "advantages over other players" Because I know alot of servers that give kits on PvE gamemodes Edit: personally I don't think mojang should block servers at all... I definitely disagree with swear word bans

What texture pack or shader are you using? The sky looks gorgeous.

I played on Desteria for a long time, it was blocked by Mojang for being pay to win. There was a bypass for the blocklist on 1.8.9 literally hours later. Since it was a factions server, it never updated past 1.8.9, and therefore never saw any repercussions. It was pay to win until it shut down. For a little bit they tried skirting around the eula by making you "call in" your pay to win items, so "everyone has a chance to get it." Basically, you type a command and can click to summon your rank or items. This had to be done in the warzone around spawn, and would announce a message in chat. After 10 seconds, it'd spawn a chest that paid out your stuff. The warzone was about a 300 block radius, so all you had to do was get on during a non peak hour, summon your stuff at the edge of the warzone, and pick it up before anyone else had even left the spawn to come after you for it. It was fun to spam the chat with it, my faction won a $30 coupon in a giveaway, then the black friday sale happened, knocking a large amount off the store prices. We bought 100 common crates and spawned them all at once, it was great.

Why does Mojang care? If people want to spend money, then so be it. If people are getting an unfair advantage, then the people that aren't going to buy anything don't have to play it! Technically, Hypixel is even P2W because you can buy ranks which can get you more world slots in Hypixel Housing. The average age of the Hypixel playerbase is 12-16. The thing is, Mojang shouldn't even be blocking servers at all anyway.

I bet so much more are going to be banned with this new chat reporting system.

I think one of the worst is Purple Prison, they falsely advertise + have multiple ips to get people to play an honestly pretty bad server. Great video.

The ass slappers plus rank got me laughing😂😂😂

Given that Minecraft is a game based around cubes, technically, all Minecraft servers are blocked...

This just shows me that its lucrative to run a minecraft server

I love this guys vids they are the only ones bringing attention to stuff like this

Mojang when someone says crap: BAN Mojang when servers are pay to win: It's fine

And with the tremendous sweep of patches Mojang rolled out in 1.19, it's becoming extremely difficult for us players to effect any change. It was hard before, and now it's almost impossible. Mojang won't do anything! So we try to do what we can to fix it, and we get nothing to show for it.

It hurts to see skeppy and badboyhalo’s servers being P2W

I remember i used to play in a server which had over 1500 players everyday They would sell owner rank for 500 usd or something

Ive played on these p2w servers and the way they go around the eula. They arnt allowed to sell anything a non p2w player cant get, so they started added ingame items that you could find or buy with ingame money that you farmed for making anyone being able to get their desired rank they want

ngl i agree p2w is bad and all. but you should also present two sides of the arguement as well. as far as i know these servers with expensive kits and ranks have insane payouts, i used to play in one and factions reset monthly, there was a $1500 $500 $300 payout for 1st 2nd and 3rd respectively. i was in a 10 man team and our team hovered first and second every time so spending an average of $700 every month by then is just normal stuff for us. p2w is not everything since you also need skills to get first and second too, a team paying $10000 in one season can't win a team that spends $700 if they have no skill, so p2w is not everything. not saying its a good thing since high barrier to entry, and unfair for people with no capital. but just saying that you should present information in both sides since with that your video will be more accurate and fair.

If you pay for the host, you pay for the plugins (some times), you host the server and mojang does not do anything, why do they have to moderate it or even ban you because it is “pay2win”

How did you get those skies at 9:24? Is that a resource pack, shader, or mod? It looks wonderful

The server I used to play on had all the money donated to a kid's charity and you got infinite flying after you donated. They posted the cease and desist letter from Mojang and shut down a few months later.

It’s so dumb because people are just mad they aren’t good and can’t make money like the smart people behind pay to win servers, I play a ton of p2w I enjoy it, you shouldn’t care what I do with my money, if you don’t like it there are plenty of other servers that have the same gamemode just not p2w.

What i'll never understand, is why it matters? If you dont want to play on a pay to win server, dont play it? Why do people go out of their way to block people just having a bit of fun. Nobody is forcing you to buy anything from these servers or even play on them...

In-game currency was never blocked by the EULA under the condition it's not a special currency you can only obtain by buying it with real world money. That means as long as the currency was earnable by playing on the server or similar it was perfectly fine to sell it for real world money as well

It's sad how most minecraft servers nowadays are generic opfaction/survival/skyblock servers that have no real quality and just milk the money out of their playerbase. The servers with so much better gameplay are left to wither with noone recognizing them even though they can give you one of the best minecraft multiplayer experiences.

The thing is the people who make these servers generally aren't bad. They have staff to pay, bills to pay , maybe kids to feed, etc. Second: they were reinstated because Mojang was losing money. People only buy alt accounts for multiplayer servers. No servers, no alts, less revenue.

I think games are better without EULAs being enforced.

Hey epic can you do more “The dark side of…” videos? I really like those

Both ViperMC and Minecadia have been unblocked long time ago, sadly i cant even tell if their stores changed at all..... very ironic

Yknow people can be so messed up to exploit people on a kids game

there's this thing called 'parenting' that would have prevented the need to make this video. don't let your kids sit on minecraft all day it's literally as simple as that. if adults wanna host/join a p2w server and they're happy, who are you to cry about it? also, capitalism is legal in both Sweden and the USA so idk why anyone is even crying about this

I've encountered a server that is "blocked" according to the blocked server checker, but the server listing on one of those server list sites says it still has an active playerbase right now. How does that happen?

It's so simple, if you think the offer is abusive, don't pay and play on another server, running a big server is not cheap and nobody is forced to pay and play. Meanwhile, a minor group of minecraft bedrock edition partner gets a ton of advantage over non-partners which are severely limited and are making a lot of money with pay to win stuff without giving appropriate space for people to create they own server with accessibility to all platforms, or minicoins.

Hot take: If you don't like that Mojang is banning players for typing out swear words because "they are trying to dictate what I can do!", then you also can't be against Mojang banning servers that are breaking the EULA. If you think about it, both are arguing about the same thing: Mojang isn't hosting my server, so why should they dictate what can I do with it?

a server that hasn't been blocked by Mojang yet, surprisingly. Is Cosmic prisons, I am genuinely dumbfounded how they haven't taken them down as their highest rank costs around $250 (across 2 ranks, since you need to get one before the other) on top of that, you can buy huge loot boxes. Kits that don't guarantee a perm. Literally slot bots (lottery type stuff.) Theres more, and of course, they're all outrageous prices. I've gotten the top+ rank through in game methods.... after 6 years...

what shaders are you using? I like the planet In the Background.

I once joined a server and for new players they gave you a key for a chest that could potentially give ranks. On my very first crate within 5 minutes of joining, I rolled the $100 rank for free and it shocked everyone. I wish I still knew what server it was, but it's probably long gone, lol