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Hosting a dedicated server's free, unless you offload the task to a provider.
Hosting a dedicated server
's free
, unless you offload the task to a provider
.
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:31 PM
Then you
're paying for a service
.
C
Cos
β’
6/4/24, 3:31 PM
Couldn
't you turn a random laptop
/pc into a server
?
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:31 PM
Of course
.
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:31 PM
If you got the grunt
, you can even host a dedicated server
, and play the game itself on the same machine
.
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:32 PM
They
're two different processes
.
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:32 PM
S
stolzb2
β’
6/4/24, 3:32 PM
i want better agriculture with animations and stuff
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:32 PM
.
. well
, assuming they are
. I
've yet to setup one with Sons of the Forest
, but it worked that way with The Forest
.
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
I want more animumals
.
R
Retep
why isnβt every server a dedicated one
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
Not all minecraft servers are dedicated
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
yo imagine if like
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
ur dad
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Hosting a dedicated server's free, unless you offload the task to a provider.
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
No it
's not
C
Cos
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
No
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
you leave your friend on your server for 2 minutes and you come back to a
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
it
's free to set one up
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
but it costs energy
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
200 freakbobs
S
Smokey
No it's not
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
Okay we
're splitting hairs here
:U
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
Well not really
C
Cos
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
Who is freakbob
?
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:33 PM
it does have a cost it
's just a minimal one compared to getting it managed
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
Maybe I should
've been more specific saying hosting a dedicated server is free
, if you host it yourself at home olol
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
you pay for internet which is being used by others when you open your ports
S
stolzb2
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
internet is mostly a flat fee
C
Cos
Who is freakbob?
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
isn
βt kelvin
βs first name bob
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
well again that
's not technically the case
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
and the freaky version of kelvin is freakbob kelvin
R
Retep
isnβt kelvinβs first name bob
C
Cos
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
I think its robby
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
God dammit
, splitting my spears here come on
;U
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
John Kelvin
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:34 PM
I
'm just trying to be specific lmao
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
Now that
's a man I can get behind
.
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
.
.
. Nnnfg
.
.
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
yes it
's technically free to do if you already have the stuff set up to do it
S
stolzb2
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
but it has a background cost of energy over time
C
Cos
I think its robby
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
WHAT
S
stolzb2
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
2 dollars of electricity per century
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
freakrob kelvin
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
fire
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:35 PM
Managed servers
(From a host
) also have the benefits of if you don
't know what you
're doing
, then you get it handled for you
S
stolzb2
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
at 1000x the cost
S
stolzb2
2 dollars of electricity per century
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
more like however much it costs to run your pc 24
/7 per year
S
stolzb2
at 1000x the cost
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
That
's literally what you
're paying for
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
By the way it
's
@yes who asked
, so
.
.
.
:U
S
Smokey
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
if you have no idea what you
're doing or how to set up a server then you
're paying for the convenience
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By the way it's @yes who asked, so... :U
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
what
R
Retep
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
bro wtf is
:U
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OP
β’
6/4/24, 3:36 PM
You asked about Dedicated vs Normal
.
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