this was mostly in reply to what you posted, hence what i said.


ive only ever seen tps drop when multiple ppl are loading new chunks.
>> That's cause I've made the server so that it doesn't
*** "the Tech server has been a constant battle for me; trying to balance tps" ???
>>>> 2 people exploring is enough to give constant lag spikes - still have issues >.<
***** yea ive seen that happen. im guessing its more of a hardware issue than something that 
      can be tweaked serverside.
>>>>>> Pretty sure it's caused my Natura, it wasn't doing it until I added that
******* wouldnt doubt it. theres a couple things i like from natura(more things to do in the nether), but for the most part, bleh
>>>>>>>> Yeah I really regret adding it
********* and removing it now would mean errors, crashes, map resets... its weird, it adds more in the nether than overworld, 
          but seems to lag more in the overworld.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah I added it for the nether stuff, and yeah It would be impossible to remove, hence why I haven't

we lose more players due to the process of getting memeber rank than anything lately.
>> The people who can't be arsed getting member really don't deserve to play on the servers
*** normally i would agree with you, but it is a very long process to join enjin, and you mentioned ditching that part b4
>>>> Enjin adds way too much for us to ditch it, it's just the way it's going to have to say, one way or another
***** true, though i still like the idea of using a timer to add ppl to memeber rank. they play for a set amount of time,
      and they get added to member rank.
>>>>>> But then things like votefly, donating, technic become so much harder, if not impossible to do, In fact I already tried doing the votefly without Enjin and I couldn't manage it.
******* thats what i mean, keep enjin for all that cause we need it and it makes those things so much easier. its just member rank that id like to see on a timer system. 
>>>>>>>> We'd then have to add another rank, after member for Enjin
********* oh, so it cant be separate forum/server... that sucks. having them as member on the forum, but new ingame would be confusing.
          i doubt the timer thing could update their status on the forum/enjin anyways.
>>>>>>>>>> Also I'm sure I looked into doing a timer thing before, In fact I did, for 1.8, and couldn't find one which actually worked properly



such a wall of text  xD
we havent talked this much in a while lol
>> It's been long due, that's for sure