The faded echoes of a once-legendary South African Minecraft mogul
Joined November 2013
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As a Minecraft content creator, if your'e struggling to find consistent sponsorships, or brand partnerships for your channel, you should look into starting a Minecraft server.
There are tons of benefits, such as
- Increased MRR
- New content opportunities
- Complete flexibility with everything
- and more
Not a crazy cost to start, too, especially since the marketing side is already taken care of. Tons of creators have gone back to the OG days and started their own networks, why not be next?
Not sure how to get started? My DMs are open! And, I'm available on Discord (gianluca)
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Just came across this video from @WhyliYT and it brought back so many memories :) - Wishing them all the best for the future!
youtube.com/watch?v=rMbgcJ7N…
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The video they made was a UGC video sourced from fiverr, haha
May 13
You make AI animal rescue videos. Taking away precious attention from channels like the Golden Kobe Family I work on every single week, where we actually rescue real dogs.
Dogs that need a second chance. Love. Care.
You profit from fake sad stories, while channels like ours try to profit enough to show more real and raw stories to do more good.
AI content has a part of our future, but the moment it starts taking away attention from the real thing in cases like these, I have zero sympathy.
You are actively hurting channels who do actual good in the world and can use all the attention.
Don’t complain about working hard, while people like @jayjaay4_ and his wife Ella work day and night, having these rescues in their actual home.
You just try to monetize fake sob stories and use the poor voiceover you hire to create sympathy for the invisible owner of the channel.
Do better.
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Any streamers want to recreate this? ;)
ohnePixel had a real magician show him card tricks in discord 🧙
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One of my best friends just landed a corporate job and called me hyped.
"Gian, I'm set for life"
$140K/year. Benefits. 401k match. Corner office.
I congratulated him but I had to show him the math.
$140K salary = $8,750/month after tax
$2,800 rent
$650 car payment (Audi A4)
$280 insurance
$180 gas
$1,200 DoorDash
$400 eating out
$200 gym
$120 subscriptions
$1,500 bottle service
$900 barber (2x a week)
$500 going out
$200 random expenses
He's left with $820.
Daycare? $2,000/month.
Now he's -$1,180 every month.
$140K/year is survival, bro.
How about you setup a Minecraft server?
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Me when I join the lobby on my server
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My brother called me today
He needed R500 for his little son surgery
“Of course, we’re a family” I said
Then, I sent him a loan agreement, with 5.3% interest, and 12-month repayment schedule
“Are you serious, my son is in the hospital now” he called me back angry
I told him the South African Central Bank doesn’t lend without terms, and neither do I
He hung up and borrowed from our mother instead
She didn’t even ask for collateral
That woman has zero financial literacy
You can’t just give out loans without proper documentation
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Running a Minecraft server is the only business model where you cannot truly fail.
You can lose 100% of your money in crypto,
A ship carrying your Amazon inventory can sink,
Even when running an SMMA you can provide bad service and get flooded with chargebacks.
But with a Minecraft server... If your player count doesn't pick up — you add more features, plugins, events, or advertise better,
If your gamemode or niche dies out — you reset the world, switch to a new theme (Survival → Skyblock → Factions → whatever's trending),
Even if you get DDoSed, blacklisted, or shut down — you just rent a new host, spin up proxies, change IPs, or start fresh under a new name.
The real cost of failure is purely your time (and maybe a few bucks in hosting fees while experimenting).
You're not risking significant capital, inventory, client money, or anything else — just some setup effort and creativity. If it flops, pivot or restart with almost zero downside.
Mar 10
Faceless YouTube is the only business model where you cannot fail.
You can lose 100% of your money in crypto,
A ship carrying your Amazon inventory can sink,
Even when running an SMMA you can provide a bad service and get flooded with chargebacks.
But on YouTube...
If your channel doesn't pick up - you post more,
If your niche dies out - you change it,
Even if you get terminated, you just set up proxies.
The cost of failure is purely your time.
You're not risking anything else.
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Gianluca retweeted
Mar 4
if you figured out how to port-forward you minecraft lan server 14 years ago you are now rich
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