https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/ Practical Minecraft guides written for South African players, from the team running the MinecraftSA server. en-za Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200 MinecraftSA https://minecraftsa.co.za/apple-touch-icon.png https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/ https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/lower-ping-south-africa.html https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/lower-ping-south-africa.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Networking Why South African players see 150-200 ms to overseas servers, how to tell network lag apart from FPS lag and server lag, which fixes measurably help, and the honest answer on whether gaming VPNs reduce ping. https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/minecraft-survival-starter-guide.html https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/minecraft-survival-starter-guide.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Survival What to do with your first thirty minutes on a multiplayer survival world, why the single-player opening is the wrong one on a server, and the five mistakes that cost new players their first base. https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/java-vs-bedrock-crossplay.html https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/java-vs-bedrock-crossplay.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Editions Two separate games with the same name. What actually differs between Java and Bedrock, how GeyserMC and Floodgate bridge incompatible protocols onto one address, and which edition to buy. https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/fix-minecraft-connection-errors.html https://minecraftsa.co.za/guides/fix-minecraft-connection-errors.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Troubleshooting What each Minecraft error message means and how to fix it: io.netty connection timed out versus refused, UnknownHostException, outdated client and server, invalid session, and Bedrock's "Unable to connect to world".