What's the point of modpack if you set the dominator

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So yesterday I got inspired by some awesome videos on youtube to try out voltz modpack and it's great. Afterwards I had an idea to start up my own server perhaps and...I clicked on multiplayer tab. NOTE: It was first time I played voltz and I did not add any servers.

And what I see there is like 5 servers from which 2 are most popular ones out there, now I am wondering how is anyone supposed to get a successful server when all the players that install modpack already have those servers added which leads to the fact that they will most likely not search for others.

Can anyone explain me the reasoning behind this?

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So yesterday I got inspired by some awesome videos on youtube to try out voltz modpack and it's great. Afterwards I had an idea to start up my own server perhaps and...I clicked on multiplayer tab. NOTE: It was first time I played voltz and I did not add any servers.

And what I see there is like 5 servers from which 2 are most popular ones out there, now I am wondering how is anyone supposed to get a successful server when all the players that install modpack already have those servers added which leads to the fact that they will most likely not search for others.

Can anyone explain me the reasoning behind this?

It's the servers that are very high quality that go on there, only a couple are the "official" servers. Get off your high horse, plenty of servers that aren't on by default are popular.

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It's the servers that are very high quality that go on there, only a couple are the "official" servers. Get off your high horse, plenty of servers that aren't on by default are popular.

I must agree that having quality servers there is a good idea, but you see.. The competition becomes unfair. It would remain fair if they were in server list 1st spot as they have to try to hold that position and not like it is now, at the moment they have no need to try to remain in top as that spot is GUARANTEED for them. Seriously guys, this is bull&@%

[Mooseman9]

Those servers are mostly crap anyways.

[Maxis010]

So what? Voltz doesn't go "You have joined X server, now blocking all other servers, enjoy your choice."

If someone wants to go on an Official server then they shall, if someone does not, they won't, it's that simple

But hey, lets just go tell the owners of all these servers http://forums.technicpack.net/forums/voltz-servers.71/ that because they aren't official then no one is going to take a second glace at them, after all, it's clearly just a ruse to make us think that we have a choice about what servers we connect to, that's why this topic [Link] has over 200 replies, most of which seem to be applications to join, and it's only 25 slots, all of those appicants must have started up voltz, gone to join then be hypnotised by the officials, you know, that list that requires the modpack version to change so it gets redownloaded they want to update it

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They still have unfair advantage with which I do not agree.

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They still have unfair advantage with which I do not agree.

Then make a server for another pack. Stop whining about something that you get for free.

[PeggleFrank]

They probably pay a fee or something to that guy who manages the Ampz modpack, though I doubt it. Might be some of his friends hosting servers or something that want recognition.

Also, not sure if this means anything, but I just tested the Voltz modpack with the FTB launcher. It has those servers up there too automatically.

Btw, the owner of that server gets payed to run it. Probably via donations or some kind of interesting carrot-on-the-stick technique to make you upvote/send money to the server. So it is slightly unfair. But, the more people you have on a server the more laggy it's going to be and generally the lower quality the community is going to be.

[Clawx207]

I total agree with you here :/ My server company Jwl has made a voltz server recently and its really hard to get players due to the fact that a couple of servers, may i mention 2 owned by the same people , are smack dab on the recommended list. What was wrong with the system of looking on the forums to find a server? Just antagonizing smaller companies like mine.

[Mooseman9]

I total agree with you here :/ My server company Jwl has made a voltz server recently and its really hard to get players due to the fact that a couple of servers, may i mention 2 owned by the same people , are smack dab on the recommended list. What was wrong with the system of looking on the forums to find a server? Just antagonizing smaller companies like mine.

TIL servers are actually companies. Also:

So what? Voltz doesn't go "You have joined X server, now blocking all other servers, enjoy your choice."

If someone wants to go on an Official server then they shall, if someone does not, they won't, it's that simple

But hey, lets just go tell the owners of all these servers http://forums.technicpack.net/forums/voltz-servers.71/ that because they aren't official then no one is going to take a second glace at them, after all, it's clearly just a ruse to make us think that we have a choice about what servers we connect to, that's why this topic [Link] has over 200 replies, most of which seem to be applications to join, and it's only 25 slots, all of those appicants must have started up voltz, gone to join then be hypnotised by the officials, you know, that list that requires the modpack version to change so it gets redownloaded they want to update it

[pixlepix]

My server, without being recommended, had more online players than some of the recommended servers. It's possible. Not easy, but possible.