Hiring a good DEV

[BulletPR00FXX]

A few friends and I have been working on creating a few servers. we have started but not completed an attack of the bteam server. We have MANY good ideas for plugins and donations. But we need some help setting everything up!

We also have lots of ideas for Custom modpacks.

Someone who is interested in helping would need experience with creating a server, editing and adding plugins, setting up custom modpacks, ect.

Also need to be able to speak with us over voice chat, preferably Skype. We can also use team speak.

I am looking to possibly even pay a good dev, when a server task is completed that is.

The plan is to get the server setup, and the dev earns a % of the donations recieved. let me know if your interested!

Edited April 26, 2014 by BulletPR00FXX

[GRMLauncher]

Look if you can make me one to play with ma friends i can help ya with all that(plugins/mods etc)!

[plowmanplow]

If you are intending to start a business focused on running a Forge/MC server simply develop a business plan, secure funding and hire a dev and/or manager. We call this a "commercial venture" where you charge people a fee for goods and services.

 

If you want to make server for friends and random folks to play then whip one up and either host it yourself or through some commercial hosting provider. We call this a "hobby". I actually have this hobby and run five Forge/MC servers that lots of folks play on. I thoroughly enjoy the time spent maintaining them and playing/chatting with players.

 

The biggest difference between an "hobby" and a "commercial venture" is that a hobby costs money and a commercial venture (should) makes money. "Donations" should not factor in here. Nobody in their right mind would "donate" to a commercial venture so call a spade a spade and explain clearly that you wish to charge players money to play a game. There is nothing inherently wrong with this and I wish you the best of luck if you can make it work. If this is a hobby then setup and launch what you want and if you can't afford it then try something different. I know folks who really like skydiving but only have the money to go a couple times a year. They don't ask me to "donate" money so they can go even though I do enjoy listening to them relay their antics. I hopped on a TekkitMain server recently that someone has put a lot of effort into. Nobody is ever on this thing with never more than 2 or 3 at once and empty 4 out of 5 times I connect over the course of weeks. They ask for a "donation" of $8 USD to gain access to the /back command. Needless to say I didn't pay that. I played for as long as I could stand and then stopped. I'm sure there are a lot of factors that play into the low population, but there is no doubt in my mind that the "donation" is a huge part of that.

 

I don't say any of this to discourage you. The MC community as a whole is so rich and diverse because folks have taken it upon themselves to create and maintain things like Forge, Bukkit and all of the mods/plugins that go along with them as well as to create and run the servers on which so many people play. That wouldn't happen without folks trying to do things like you have talked about here. However, life is short. Hobbies help keep us sane and are wonderful things. Commercial ventures are wonderful as well and can bring great satisfaction to our lives for (hopefully) completely different reasons. Just make sure you know which one you are trying to engage in so you don't end up frustrated.

Edited April 29, 2014 by plowmanplow

[BulletPR00FXX]

Donations will mostly go to paying for server hosting itself, along with possibly paying a good developer for their help.  Its not to make money per say, but if it does thats fine too.  I just want to run my own server, with my own rules, banned items, plugins, and ideas.  But i need help from someone, and if payment/rewarding someone for good help gets me what I want, im ok with it.

[sithrebel16]

I'd be interested in what modpacks you want to run before I help you out. I also can help with the hosting a ;little bit I have access to get a dedi very cheap.