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Vortex Network — is it up right now?

Space-themed network with prison, skyblock, survival and a Pixelmon world. I've been pinging mc.vortexnetwork.net every ten minutes since August 12, so everything below is something I measured, not something they told me.

Paste it exactly as it is — no http:// in front. Phones like to add one; Minecraft answers “Invalid server address” to it. Minecraft also asks for a Server Name: that is only a label in your own list, so type anything — “Vortex Network” does fine.

What I actually know

• 702 people are playing there right now.
• It's busiest around 18:00 UTC and quietest around 07:00 UTC.
• It answered 99.8% of my checks over a week.
• The longest it stayed down in one go was 10 minutes, on August 18.
• The most I've ever seen there is 1,894 players, on August 15.

When people actually play there

Average players by hour, over the last 13 days. Times are UTC.

How to join from your phone

1. Copy the address above.
2. Open Minecraft, tap Play, then the Servers tab.
3. Scroll to the bottom and tap Add Server.
4. Name it anything, paste mc.vortexnetwork.net as the address, port 19132.

In short

• Free to join. All you need is Minecraft itself.
• Modes: prison, skyblock, survival.
• Chat there is mostly in English.
• The server itself sits in Europe.

Others a bit like it

• DonutSMP 32,703 online
• DonutSMP 32,653 online
• Hypixel 30,513 online
• The Hive 17,876 online
• The Hive (EU) 17,876 online
• The Hive (NA) 17,863 online

This server isn't mine — I only list it, and its chat, rules and staff are its own. What I can vouch for is the measuring: one packet every ten minutes, and if it goes quiet for half an hour it drops off the list by itself.