Look up how to take a "mtr" http://winmtr.net/how-to/ Put in "mc.craftymynes.com" and private message me your results. This is like pinging the server but combined with a trace route, I suspect there might be some packet loss due to the long distance and it may help to find out where it is happening.

@Valgys Who is the oldest active player (non-staff) you can think of at this moment. By length of time on being CM?

I think ardoasms has been here for a while.

@Valgys Same as #1, but by age?

We have had some pretty mature staff, however, I don't want to drop any age's/names, I will let them say it for themselfs.

@Valgys Ever plan to get formal education on IT/programming?

In this day and age, I feel that it's no longer the course's or education you take that gets you a job, it's what you have done and where you can go. The server is a good example, there is a lot more to it then just a minecraft server. I have Management/Staff experience, I work with databases, php, css, js, mysql, mongoDB, java, bootstrap, xojo, dedicated servers, networking, linux, system scaling, backup systems, management of other minecraft servers and so much more. Having a "Bachelor's in Computer Science" sounds pretty good, but "Owner of #1 Vanilla Minecraft Server" also sounds pretty good. I don't really like sitting in school as it just goes to slow for me because of the way I learned. When you get a degree, they cover theory and pretty much everything under the sun, even though you may never need some parts of it, a kind of "You may need this in the future" teaching. For me this doesnt work, when I need something I go get it, or I use my problem solving skills to figure it out as I go. I find this to be a much better use of my limited time, as well as much more rewarding/interesting.

@Valgys What are your two top used programming languages outside of Minecraft?

I use Xojo for most of my cross platform development needs, and the web stack (html,css,js) for large scale websites (like this forum). Also I do like RegEx quite a bit.

@Valgys You ever plan to expand your IT/coding skills outside minecraft?

I use my programming skills to make programs for myself and others to organize and manage stuff. I also share the panel that runs our server with a few other servers. With my current job (Boat Mechanic) my IT knowledge comes in handy when we get and electrical or system issue.

@Valgys Is there a CM staff/player you think comes closest to your skill set when it comes to coding/mc server management?

I had a staff that I though was close enough to let them help manage the website with me, I gave them access to the backend of the website and they completely took advantage of me. Azrad (rip) is very good at what he does, but I don't think he would ever think of running a server with players.

@ardoasms how many more minecraft servers could you run on the current hardware

Technically I could run 3 more without any performance hit, however, with a well optimized spigot/bungee, im sure I could get 1000+ players on this one server.

@ardoasms do you have any private servers running on it?

I start up copies of the world to test things or retrieve old command blocks from time to time. Most of my testing for the server and panel is done on my home server because I get much faster transfer rates to it.

2 bad you will have to start again.

@SharpSerac do you like ram discs?

Back when I had my 128gb ram server I had the server on a ramdisk, it didn't really do anything for performance over a SSD (even though my read/write speeds 16000MB/s). I could find them useful for database and data crunching applications but other then that, they are not really worth it for me.

@TheDunmerRaven Do you have a favourite species of bird? Or a least favourite?

I feel like this question is a bit bias, however, I do like birds like hawks. I find small birds (the ones that sit outside my window every day and wake me up) quite annoying.

@argonFiles do you collect anything?

I do like servers and networking gear, however, it's quite expensive to collect that stuff.

@Beedobi Whats your favorite color?

I like black if it was a color, but I can settle for blue.

@Beedobi What music do you listen to?

I like electronic music, not really into the house/trap music though.

@Beedobi How much sleep do you actually get?

Well is 5:04 in the morning at time of writing this, on the weekdays I go to bed a little bit earlier cause I know I wont be able to get up in the morning if I stay up.

@Beedobi Why is there an awkward smiley face in the lower right corner of the bg of the forum?

That is the autograph of the person who made this picture, soon to change though.

@bladerunner whats the name of the server i wanna check it out

We don't advertise servers here.

@bladerunner do you still play that server?

No, I am much too busy to even play on my server, never mind a server I have no friends on.