I'm retiring about pocketmine-mp HOT 104 OPEN

Thanks for doing what I couldn't at the time. Congrats in a way as well, and good luck to whoever has to deal to the (now heavily decreased thanks to you) legacy code leftover.

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Thanks y'all for the kind comments ❤️

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Thanks everyone for your kind comments <3

I've long had impostor syndrome, and it's still quite bizarre to know that my work here has influenced and/or inspired so many people. I've spent a long time with my head wrapped up in my own problems, and there's been many times when I felt like I'd wasted years of my life.

Your anecdotes are a welcome reminder of the effect that this project has had on people's lives.
Thank you for your anecdotes, and if I inspired you in some way, I'm very glad to hear it.

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We didn't talk often, and the few times I came, in general it was a misunderstanding on my part about the way you wanted to develop pocketmine.
It's true that many people take you for their idol and that's understandable. You have done so much for pocketmine, deploying updates as quickly as possible and also allowing the understanding and passion of programming to many young people under 16 years old.
your course on pocketmine is mind-blowing, like many you started from nothing, and like few of us you managed to overcome the bridge of difficulty that there was to completely understand development.
honestly, even if I criticized you a lot for the way you made your decisions (overwriting items for example lol) you were a savior, and above all a person who allowed many to realize their dreams.
unfortunately the French community did not spare you, taking advantage of a small error that happened there, errors on your side as well as on Mojang's side.
I don't know what else to say, except that we will certainly miss you, and that we will have difficulty finding someone with your skills and dedication

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thank you for the years of hard work and dedication just so people could create amazing things ❤️

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bro is retiring from an open-source project

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Thank you everyone for the kind messages, there's too many for me to respond to all, but I see them <3

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Since he rolled up in 2016, it’s been nothing but chaos for the MCPE/MCBE scene.

Fun fact: When Shoghi left (Back when I was known as "TheDeibo"), It was mainly @PEMapModder and @Intyre just doing enough to keep the lights on. Sometimes a game-breaking update would take 2+ weeks before an update that allows you to join the next current version of Minecraft came around. Intyre was even trying (in vain) to train me up to help update PocketMine too.
From my point of view back then, PocketMine was on life support.

When Dylan came around, I thought: "Who's this idiot, with all his ideas and thoughts?!"
Little did I know that this "idiot" was the idiot PocketMine needed to stop crawling and start running!
Can't a man enjoy a nice retirement by a TV that has a gif of a beach on it in peace?!

I hold up my mug of Yorkshire Tea up to you Dylan!

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It's been a good run.

Good luck on the future Dylan! Hope you get a good and steady career, and have a good life man.

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I hope you find your calling, and a steady happy career whether thats software development or not :)

All the best, and DMs always open for chit chat 🫡

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In the least cringe and fanboy way possible:

Thanks for all you've done. You've kept up the addiction of many 12-year-olds (and more to come) by maintaining this software and inspired a lot (including me) to start programming and using PM. On behalf of the millions of players who don't even know or understand your impact on this game, thank you.

I wish you great things in your future endeavors, Inshallah.

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thank you for all you've done for us, be assured we are very grateful for all the things you've accomplished along the years of maintaining pocketmine..

for sure your efforts succeeded to have an impact on my life as it cleared the road for me to explore and enjoy developing plugins based on pocketmine.

thank you dylan :)❤️.

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@DerCooleVonDem

For years, I was stuck in an unhealthy relationship with my parents, had almost no friends, and I was isolated from others by my mom, spending most of my time alone in my room.

Yup, I can relate. Sounds like you and I have some things in common. Thanks for sharing, and I'm glad to hear that you were able to make something good come out of it :)

One thing I've noticed in my time here is that this community seems to attract troubled kids. I was no exception. I didn't write so much about it here because the OP was getting too long already (and also it's not easy to talk about publicly) but let's just say I've been through a lot of shit and I fully sympathise with anyone else who had bad childhoods too.

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You created the best for us , Good Luck.

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Thanks for your hard work, dylan. Even tho i have only known about pocketmine since 2020. It has changed who i am today. For the better. Ive made friends who have the same interests as i did. Ive learned new things and went out of my comfort shell to create plugins for People to utilise and enjoy on Pocketmine. We Salute you 🫡

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Hi Dylan,

As someone from the Geyser team, I just wanted to thank you for your contributions to Bedrock reverse engineering. I've always been personally impressed by not only PocketMine itself, but the various data extracting tools required for its development that you and others so graciously provide to the community free of charge.

I also know that you have always taken the time to answer questions from some of us when we were stuck in a block trying to figure out wtf Mojang broke with X update. From my perspective, you've definitely left the general Bedrock community a better place than you've found it.

Best of luck on wherever the future takes you!

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You didn't have to make PocketMine-MP software trash to make people leave you. Just say "I quit", bravely.

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This is the end of an era, thanks for everything man ❤️

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God bless you for giving me everything i have in my life right now without even knowing about it 🙏🏻 good luck with your future endeavors madlad!

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Ah well
Good luck with your future dylan

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Thank you very much for making me find meaning in my life too. I hope you find what you are looking for. Good luck Dylan

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Good luck with your life, Dylan 👌

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Thank you for all your hard work Dylan. I don't think I would've decided to become a developer if I never found PocketMine.

Good luck in all your future endeavours.

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Thanks Dylan, your work made me change my course of life in 2017, and got me into software engineering, a thing that I actually thought of as something impossible to overcome.

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An entire era has passed...

Thank you for everything, Dylan. You are one of the best and professional developers I know. I wish you good luck in the future

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thanks for your hard work and support pocketmine-mp

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Thank you for your contribution and inspiration to many aspiring programmers. Your work has become an unsurpassed example for many. I hope that your retirement will be an incentive for the development of those who are just starting their journey in the IT field. May you find a new direction in this world and continue to inspire others. Good luck to you in your new endeavors.

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Thank you for everything Dylan, you really did a lot for us! Good luck in the future!

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Love you from French skids <3

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have good life old friend :) , you do not know who am i , but its what happen what i told u 3 y ago , do u understand me ? i just wanted to say you do not west your time , your time is all of you have in this time , but u didnt heard me , but its ok
you can start again , Just trust your self

I received news a few hours ago that the French are causing trouble for you, but don't worry, after I finish my work with them, I will make sure to settle all the troubles of the past two years. No matter the distance between us or the legal issues they have caused, I will reach out to our old account and send a message, my old friend :)

Mr. unknown

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For years I escaped my problems with various games until I met PocketMine-MP, I met several good friends who helped me escape my school problems, and I also learned that with letters you can imagine something you have in your mind. be it tools, games, libraries for developers, and make it happen with this software, and so I started my path through this community, I learned, I improved, I was bothered by code errors, and all that, but on my own, until I knew what I could ask for help, and there were communities expressly dedicated to teaching (I think), and well as time went by I had to stop making PM plugins, because my problems reached the point of no longer being able to escape and and take responsibility for it, and good. I recently returned to where I was happy, here. (I never did anything with my plugins, I never sold anything I made, it was all just learning and having fun doing it) [I'm a spanish].

I wish you the best I can wish for, a good life, without problems or any of that shit.

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It's true that you're not necessarily a person I appreciate, but if I'm passionate about development, it's thanks to you. You've done a lot for PMMP (some good and some bad), but I can't thank you enough for all the work you've done.

Good luck for the future.

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Thank you very much for having worked for years to provide a simple and efficient type of ready-to-use server and a stable API. You are a very courageous person with experience.

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Heartfelt thanks for your unwavering dedication in keeping this project alive for so many years, and rest assured that your name will always be remembered for this remarkable achievement.

It's not just software; it's something that has made possible countless unforgettable moments in the lives of many. How many people have had years of fun on Pocketmine servers? Whether they were players or server owners, you have been a big part of everyone's journey.

You've learned a lot, and many have learned from you.

I can't even begin to count the many good memories I have of creating servers with my friends, let alone the hours spent figuring out pthreads.

I wish you lots of health and success.

From one among many in Brazil, thank you.

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Not only did you earn money and disappointment with this project, you gained the admiration of several. Good luck with your future challenges.

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Thanks for make me programmer :)

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Thanks for all your hard work Dylan! So many familiar names mentioned… PEMapModder etc. I used to play on LegionPE/PvP then got into server development around 2019/2020 until 2021 thanks to PMMP.

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Dylan! I'm really grateful that I've able to get to know you through the Minecraft community over the years - for me, starting really early on from the days of the G+ community group! Thanks for your contributions to MoJira and the Minecraft community all up. Your experience and advice has been invaluable, and I've really appreciated your open and honest input. Wishing you all the best!

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RIP

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I hope you find what you're looking for and a steady, happy career. Good luck Dylan, you are the best.

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Thank you very much for your hard work so far Dylan. Good luck!

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Good luck with your future, Thank you for your hard work here.

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It has been quite the journey. Thank you for updating PocketMine for all those years. Good luck on your future projects!

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It's been a long journey, thank you dylan!

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🫡

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😢🫡

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Wish you luck in the future, and thank you for all your hard work!

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I was struggling with my study, well a lot of other things since 2016, maybe because I didn't cope with changes in life as I thought I did. I was checking PMMP updates very often and was just happy that I can set up a server so I can login with my phone and tablet, and aimlessly loitering there or let people I care in the server to loiter with me aimlessly. I don't know if I enjoyed the game itself at that time, but I'm very grateful for your work in this. I thought hey Dylan is the guy that makes my server keep working, the game changes now and then and he is the anchor that hold this server of my safe space in place. Thank you for sharing your story with us, hope you all the best!

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I have been using PocketMine MP since 2019. Whatever you and your team have done until now is something interesting for me, thank you for developing this project, I know this project will not die easily. A little annoyed because you left and I just gathered great developers to provide pocketmine plugin development services hoping one day to work together with you

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I hope life treats you well after your departure. Like you, I've also strayed away from actually playing the game and honestly lost a inner-passion that I had before. I am seventeen and have contemplated quitting to pursue other beneficial things outside of the internet. Seeing you say that coding wasn't really your passion is also something I realized that pertains to me as well. Have a good life. 👍

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Thanks for your remarkable works on PocketMine 🫡 and Good luck in your future!

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i wish you good luck and great success in future

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Thanks Dylan for your hardwork, know that your contributions to pocketmine not only upheld its functionality but also ignited passion in aspiring programmers worldwide, especially among countless teenagers and children, paving the way for them to become programmers, leading to lucrative opportunities, unbeknownst to many, including yourself.

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You are good

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<3

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🙏

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Good luck to you Dylan and above all take care of yourself! 👌

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Thank you for all Dylan!

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In all those years Pocketmine has inspired me to start programming. Got a degree in software development and now proceeding following my dream and got into university learning everything about game programming.
I don't think my passion for programming would have been here if pocketmine wasn't around.
I'm very grateful for the experiences I gained because of it.
Thank you Dylan! 💜

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Thanks for everything, Dylan!

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Thank you Dylan, And Good Luck For Future!

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We appreciate your hard work and effort Dylan, thank you. Wishing you all the best for your future, and in achieving your desired goals.

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I am bad at speeches so i am not even gonna try....
Hope you the best journey whatever comes next tho

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Empathize
Best wishes to you!

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Thank you for all those years and for what you made for community !:)

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Thank you for your work over the years :D

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Thank you so much 🙏
You did a great work and I wish you the best for the future.

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Hi, I'm Jonas, a student and software developer from Germany.

While I wasn't always a fan of your approach, and thought you might have been a bit strict with the pmmp community, it's sad to see you go. It's even sadder that neither I nor the community knew what was happening behind the scenes. (I understand my limited experience doesn't represent the whole community.)

This whole situation – this thread, this message – has changed my perspective on PocketMine-MP significantly. I can relate to a lot of the struggles you mentioned, like balancing real life, financial pressures, and mental health.

For years, I was stuck in an unhealthy relationship with my parents, had almost no friends, and I was isolated from others by my mom, spending most of my time alone in my room.

Well before the pandemic, my dad bought me a copy of Minecraft. However, convincing him to get the Java edition (the one everyone at school played) from the website proved difficult. He's quite cautious with online security, especially when money's involved. So, he bought the Bedrock edition because he trusted the Windows store. Funny detail of the story is that, we went to a local supermarket for the gift card with his tractor – why not, right?

Once I realized you could play on external servers in Bedrock edition, I joined a minecraft server. Back then, I knew nothing about programming or all of the "nerd stuff" some may call it 😃 – I didn't even know it existed! But seeing players curious about the server's "developers," I wanted to learn more.

I got hooked, instantly.

After researching the server I played on, I found this amazing project, PocketMine-MP. Through Google, YouTube, and old forums, I got into plugin development. Up until then, I hadn't found a real hobby. My mom forced me to do activities like music and sports, but I really hated them.

Ever since I was about three, I'd been fascinated by computers. Even at that young age I started playing around with my dads work computer. But I never knew programming was a thing.

Thanks to PocketMine-MP, I learned to program, became fluent in English (which was rough at first! – Just some basics from school), and found joy in the details of coding. I admired the people who used their computers to create fun experiences for others.

Years later, I landed a job that allows me to make money doing what I love. In my view that is all because of PocketMine-MP, because of the hours that you spend, that inspired me to get here.

So, thank you. Thank you for unknowingly changing my life drastically for the better. You showed me what I truly enjoy doing in my free time and at work. You also gave me the courage to be myself, not who others expect me to be.

In essence, this project taught me how to learn, how to focus (better than all of the therapy's I was forced to go to), and how to speak English. Looking back, it helped me escape a difficult situation and discover my passions and purpose. Thank you more than words can express.

Thank you for over ten years of PocketMine-MP. You are a legend dylan!

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Thank you for maintaining one of the most influential mcpe projects and inspiring many to create their own servers and plugins.

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Thank you for all you've done over the years :) There was not a single day where I wasn't amazed by your commitment to pmmp and of just how much of an integral and powerful part you are of this community. You left an ever-lasting impact on many who value your work and you as a human. While it is a bittersweet thing to see your time on pmmp come to an end, I'm happy to hear you are moving on towards new challenges. There is only love as well as respect for your decision in my heart and I sincerely hope whenever you look back on this part of your life, you will be reminded by all the nice comments.

I wish you the best for the future, Dylan

Sally <3

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@DerCooleVonDem

For years, I was stuck in an unhealthy relationship with my parents, had almost no friends, and I was isolated from others by my mom, spending most of my time alone in my room.

Yup, I can relate. Sounds like you and I have some things in common. Thanks for sharing, and I'm glad to hear that you were able to make something good come out of it :)

One thing I've noticed in my time here is that this community seems to attract troubled kids. I was no exception. I didn't write so much about it here because the OP was getting too long already (and also it's not easy to talk about publicly) but let's just say I've been through a lot of shit and I fully sympathise with anyone else who had bad childhoods too.

I have played MCPE since it came out on the phone and I use PocketMine to make my servers after SteadFast and I thank you for continuing PocketMine to make PocketMine-MP

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@dktapps Yea, I met a lot of people in the community that went through a lot of bad stuff at young age. Wonders me why that is the case...

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Thank you for your immense contributions to PocketMine-MP and for sharing your journey. your honesty and dedication have made a lasting impact on the Minecraft community. wishing you all the best in your future endeavors. take care and thank you for everything. xD

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Thank you for all these years Dylan! PocketMine is my childhood. I have met many great friends and found myself enjoying in the development of pm plugin. I wish you the best of luck on the future🥰

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All I want to say is thank you so much for all the work you've done over the last 8 years, Dylan!
We all know that PocketMine would not be what it is today without you.

I hope you understand how big the difference you made really is - as you said, there are literally thousands of server owners that work hour after hour every week on their pet projects using PocketMine as a basis for their infrastructure. Of course, it's sad to see you finally move on, but I can totally understand your decision and wish you all the best for the future. 💙

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Hey Dylan,

Thanks for the years you put into maintaining PocketMine, it's truly not an easy task to maintain such a complex project that it has turned into.

I remember back then when 3.0 was in alpha and that was around when I started trying PocketMine and wanting to implement my own features, PocketMine had a plugin api which allowed me to built on top of something I liked. Without knowing PocketMine, I probably won't have stumbled into the field of programming and wouldn't have an idea on what to do with my life.

I felt that the people I've found through the community has been some of the most incredibly talented people I've worked in which is really surprising since this is a block game at the end of the day.

I hope you're doing better after 2020 especially after your computer broke down for awhile.

Anyways, all the best with your future endeavors. I don't want to make this long.

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PMMP was my childhood, and it's what eventually got me into software development. I hope that whatever you do next you find enjoyable and hopefully pays the bills for you. Thank you for everything!

EDIT: just to prove you did more than you realize

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Thanks for everything Dylan! <3

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Thank you for some of the best years of my life, Dylan! I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. ❤️

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Hi Dylan,

thank you for the honorable mention, although I don't deserve of it.
Thank you for all you have done! For singlehandedly making PocketMine-MP rise from ashes. For doing an incredible job on a technical level, including pushing a language to its absolute limits. And most importantly for this community and especially the people in it.
You enabled so much in so many others. There are not many that can attribute that to themselves, be proud of that! You already did something incredibly impactful to this world.
I wish you all the best with your future. I know you will continue to do great things where you'll go or end up.

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4 years ago I didn't know what I wanted to work on, at that time I loved playing minecraft. Curious about how servers worked, I started learning how to make plugins, which inspired me to become a software developer.

Thanks for everything Dylan!

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You've done a lot of good for the community, good luck with your future endeavors!

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Thank you for all these years and for contributing so much to this great community. You are big.

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All the best for the future!

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Hey Dylan,

Thanks for everything you've done over the years. I discovered PocketMine in early 2017, during the early stages of the 3.0.0-ALPHA saga. You've always been a beacon of guidance and advice for so many young developers from all over the world taking their first steps in the world of programming. You enabled the existence of a huge MCPE community and I think you've had a significant impact on the game. It is truly admirable how far you were able to take a language like PHP. While I've moved on from Minecraft and programming in general, I look back fondly on the memories I've made, chatting and laughing on the Discord server, receiving and giving help, building plugins for the community. You made all that possible.

I wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

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Thanks to you and the many other contributors who keep pmmp going, I found programming. Through engineering I have learned a lot while enjoying Minecraft. Thank you for all you’ve done for me.

I sincerely believe you will accomplish great things in real life. Keep moving forward with confidence.

Best regards from Japan,
fuyutsuki

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Hello, Dylan

2021, about three years ago, I started learning how to create a Minecraft server, and I found Pocketmine-MP. At that time, I was interested in starting my career as a Pocketmine-MP developer. From PM3 to PM5, I learned a lot of things.

Thank you for everything,
Dylan

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Hello Dylan
I'm 26 yrs old just like you.
I was also struggling with mental health and Minecraft was an escape for me.
Now I'm having a job and trying to solve problems in real life and trying to do stuff in the real world.
But I regularly checked this and was always excited when you added new things.
Thanks for your hardwork!
I will always remember this time and this part of my childhood :)
Hope your having a good future
Always remember that nothing that you learned or did is wasted, just part of your journey
We still have a long time to enjoy life!

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What a ride it's been.

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Thank you very much for your hard work :)

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fourth

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[moderator edit] removed quote of entire OP

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ily dyan

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some random sent this message, to which dktapps replied. here it is for archive purposes:

This whole scene’s been a circus, and straight up, Dktapps wrecked Pocketmine-MP, turning it into his own locked-down, tough-to-maintain side show.

Since he rolled up in 2016, it’s been nothing but chaos for the MCPE/MCBE scene. Yeah, some folks are saying they got more into PM because of him, but what about all those who bounced? A whole lot of them. We've seen the community shrink big time—servers and players are dipping, and it’s on him. Remember back in 2015? This guy was out there bullying minecraftgenius76, who basically fueled the growth of hundreds of MCPE servers with his plugins.

And this dude bragged about making daily commits that did nothing more than change a semicolon. That was his so-called daily cope. Lifeboat scooped him up after he basically nuked PocketMine, saying it was for business. If they hadn’t, LBSG would’ve tanked too, so they shut down the solid Steadfast project to keep him onboard.

Let’s get real—this guy’s been a disaster for the project. But hey, after 8 years, he’s finally out. PocketMine-MP can get a fresh start, free from dictators like him.

Bet: this project’s toast without him. It’s been built all wrong, ignoring both the community and market needs. With MCBE’s user potential blowing Java Edition’s out of the water, if we’re sitting at just a tenth of Java’s server and player counts, blame Dktapps.

And for the record, a bug ain’t a feature. Dkt-sh*t 4 ever.
2016 - 15000 servers registered mainly using PocketMine-MP

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First thing I want to address here: Yes, I was very toxic to many people back in my early days, especially in 2016-2020. (Some of them did have it coming though...)
While I don't know the full list of people I owe apologies to, I'm sorry for my behaviour. All I can say is that I was stressed in a very bad situation and I took out my anger and insecurity on other people, without thinking about the effects of doing things like that as a community leader. It doesn't excuse what I did, but maybe it helps some people understand.

As for minecraftgenius76 - I don't think I ever interacted with the guy. As you said yourself, I didn't even arrive on the scene until 2016. I only recognized his name because I copy-pasted some of his old WorldEdit code in 2016 to build my own plugin for API 2.0.0 back in April 2016 or so. He doesn't have a github, and I'm pretty sure I never commented on any of his videos. Strange you should bring up him specifically though, and not one of the dozens of other people I pissed off in my time here...

As for my impact on PM - everyone was free to fork off and do their own thing with the project whenever they felt like it. In fact, this did happen many times in the past, with a long list of custom PM versions I don't even know the full extent of - Genisys, ImagicalMine, ClearSky, Elywing, Leveryl, GenisysPro, Turanic, Altay, NetherGames, etc etc. One strange thing you'll notice about these is that they are almost all dead. That's not because of me - it's because their maintainers quit and moved on with their lives.

But hey, after 8 years, he’s finally out. PocketMine-MP can get a fresh start, free from dictators like him.

No one was stopping you or anyone else from giving it a fresh start at any other time during those 8 years either. You just have to build a good enough project and convince enough big players to use it. That's what I did back when everyone was using Genisys and I founded Phoenix (now known as PMMP).

Yes, the size of the community has shrunk. The player base has also shrunk. But it's funny to me that you think I could have done that all by myself. The reality is that the actual server player base has shrunk because of changes from Mojang - the most notable being the Xbox Live requirement added in 1.2, which wiped out 90% of server player bases overnight. There's also changes to the in-game UI that make servers less visible, featured servers, BDS taking a big chunk of PM's userbase (filling a niche which PM was unsuited for anyway), and so on.
You'll also notice a major increase in server activity around COVID pandemic when kids were stuck at home with nothing to do. The players still exist, they just aren't playing Minecraft anymore when they aren't stuck at home.

Did I have an effect on PM's popularity? Probably. I've never denied that the massive change of PM4 was disastrous. I own that mistake, but I can't claim credit for all of this. lol

And this dude bragged about making daily commits that did nothing more than change a semicolon. That was his so-called daily cope. Lifeboat scooped him up after he basically nuked PocketMine, saying it was for business. If they hadn’t, LBSG would’ve tanked too, so they shut down the solid Steadfast project to keep him onboard.

I have nothing to say to this except that it's hilarious and complete fiction.

Also, real classy to make an alt account to post this message...

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This whole scene’s been a circus, and straight up, Dktapps wrecked Pocketmine-MP, turning it into his own locked-down, tough-to-maintain side show.

Since he rolled up in 2016, it’s been nothing but chaos for the MCPE/MCBE scene. Yeah, some folks are saying they got more into PM because of him, but what about all those who bounced? A whole lot of them. We've seen the community shrink big time—servers and players are dipping, and it’s on him. Remember back in 2015? This guy was out there bullying minecraftgenius76, who basically fueled the growth of hundreds of MCPE servers with his plugins.

can confirm, i came back from a 8 year break as soon as Dylan retired. free PMMP!

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POV: dylan gets gaslit by an AI generated essay 💀

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