Now that factions are gone, I'd like to make a suggestion.

I've often mentioned that I'd LOVE to find a survival server that uses the golden shovel (not sure what the mod name is) and nether. That is a surprisingly rare combination and many who play survival love that combo when they can find it. I knew of two servers that ran that combination but both recently shut down around the time the 1.8 update happened.

There's definitely a niche that is under-served and it could be a nice replacement for facs. It'd also draw more players than you think. I can't tell you how many players I've run into that want that combo and can't find it.

Whether it happens or not, I'll keep coming back to the server for skyblock. =]