- I’m not completely sure about how the Sponge server will be run, and I don’t even know if they’ve gotten to that point… I think they’re still working on the API which is probably what you compiled, so the API is definitely not a standalone server (kinda like bukkit and craftbukkit).
- You will need a mod for Minecraft to join Sponge servers if I’m not mistaken.
- Sponge isn’t better than Forge, it actually works alongside it.
- The only way that Sponge is better than Bukkit is in Sponge’s license; which better protects us from the mess that Bukkit experienced.
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