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We've been working on Launchmc.com for a long time. It's designed by a cloudflare-like service geared toward Minecraft. Providing improved latency and DDoS protection with any provider (or home hosting!!).
We have soft launched and wanted to get some feedback from server owners on how to continuously improve this product. We also have a discord available.
I ask one thing, be nice and respectful, this is a completely free service that we're hoping to evolve into an awesome platform. Please keep conversations on track toward improvement of the product, I will not discuss anything outside of feedback for LaunchMC.
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Separating this out into multiple posts because people don't read and skim over long posts.
How it works: LaunchMC Docs (super short read, lots of pictures!)
As for latency improvement, we currently only have 4 PoPs. As the number increases, there will be obviously improvements, right now, if you aren't next to a pop, you'll probably see a slight latency increase.
We will deploy additional PoPs closer to players.
Current PoPs as of Sept 1, 2025:
-Singapore
-Los Angeles
-Miami
-Germany
Post #3 - again, because people skim over long posts.
DDoS Protection - right now, we have our own platform sitting on top of NeoProtect + DF. We aren't limited to a specific provider, but it allows us to absorb super large attacks while adding our protection layer on top.
Feedback: The Discord channel is the preferred method of feedback. I please ask you to not insert any opinions unless you have a Minecraft server and have actually fully deployed and used the service.
<<<<<<<< THIS IS A FREE SERVICE. >>>>>>>>
Minecraft server not included*
just awesome DDOS accessories.
Did I understand that right? I might try this out with a friends server and let you know if he lets me.
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Yes! You got it.
Even if you're running a private, small server, route through LaunchMC. The more traffic we get on the network, the more improvements we can offer.
We'll be adding more PoPs based on where traffic is being sourced from to slowly improve latency to/from those locations.
Once you launch a POP in South America I might give it a try!
Start using it and we'll launch a pop!
You can also request it in our discord under the "Suggestions" channel.
Does Miami add too much latency for you?
We pushed several performance improvements and fixes, including one that prevents IP spoofing in rare cases.
I'm located near Sao Paulo, so Miami adds about 100-120ms. To Sao Paulo I get anything from 5ms to 15ms depending on routes and other factors. I will add a request on the discord later on. Don't worry about me though, I don't understand demand for these down here is not very big.
Thanks for the feedback. We'll look into adding a PoP in SA.
If you know of any providers that specialize in anti-DDoS in SA, let us know. We don't want to surprise anyone with a service that attracts attacks.
Big announcement:
V2 has been released!
-Players can now connect without going through the entry page.
-Server owners can now either provide the LaunchMC ping test page or list the connection IPs directly on their own website.
We're all ears! Tell us what features you want.
Remember, we have a discord at https://discord.launchmc.com
We're going to launch another PoP based on player demand! It'll be announced soon.
Sao Paulo PoP is now live!
A lot of bug fixes today based on user feedback:
-Banning system now fixed
-Live connections not showing in the dashboard correctly
-Fixed an issue with deletion of servers.
-Fixed an issue where editing a server didn't sync with the forwarding engines.
WE NEED MORE USAGE/FEEDBACK!!!! WE WANT TO MAKE THIS PLATFORM SUPER AWESOME.
We're currently working with the community to develop a Minecraft plugin that will show the real source IPs and integrate the ban system.
Sao Paulo was taken offline temporarily due to limitations with GCore's anti-DDoS. We have a potential work-around. I'll hopefully know soon.
Sao Paulo is live again.
Here's my latency from Miami:
Do you support some sort of proxy for people without public IPs? Somehow this is a thing where I live, but I know people who play Minecraft but can't host a server at their home.
You could attach your server to a Playit.gg worker, and then attach the worker to this, since Playit by itself does not offer Anti-DDoS and solely the tunnel.
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What do you mean without public IPs? Does your ISP give you a NAT'd IP?
CGNAT, probably
We're prepping some cool metrics features that we'll be rolling out soon. Also working on a plugin for servers to show/ban real IPs using the API.
If you're an experienced developer, we would love your help!
Now you can place the connection and latency information to each of our PoPs directly on your website with our new widget.
Documentation: https://docs.launchmc.com/widget-implementation