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# Info

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A MOTD plugin for Velocity that caches network packets. This helps it be the fastest one of the MOTD plugins.\
Test server: [`ely.su`](https://hotmc.ru/minecraft-server-203216)

### Features

* Fake online (percent + static sum)
* Multiple descriptions/favicons support
* Set information (custom text in the player list)
* Caching of network packets
* Max count "just add up" support
* PNG built-in compression

### Comparison with other MOTD plugins

Intel Core i9-9700K, DDR4 (a server that is not running any programs):

| Plugin               | Pings per second count                 |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| FastMOTD             | 1 700 000 - 2 000 000 pings per second |
| Without MOTD plugins | 900 000 - 1 100 000 pings per second   |
| MiniMOTD             | 480 000 - 580 000 pings per second     |

Intel Xeon E3-1270, DDR3 (a PC with several applications running):

| Plugin               | Pings per second count               |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| FastMOTD             | 840 000 - 1 000 000 pings per second |
| Without MOTD plugins | 330 000 - 430 000 pings per second   |
| MiniMOTD             | 150 000 - 200 000 pings per second   |


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