Sometimes, actions with positive intentions can unfortunately produce negative results. Whether that is because of a mistake, an exploit or loop within the system, or someone's nature, the negative results can certainly affect anyone or everyone associated with them. Sadly, a recent example of this is the Vatican's Minecraft server. What at first was supposed to produce a happy outcome has actually created somewhat of a problem instead.
Earlier in the week, it was reported that a Catholic priest launched a Minecraft server for the Vatican where players could find a safe space from the rest of the online gaming community. According to Father Robert Ballecer, the man behind the server, the point was to create an environment where players could feel comfortable, safe, not deal with toxic behavior, and build positive relationships with other players.
However, after Ballecer's Minecraft server was covered by the media and got attention on the internet, it attracted a number of trolls who attempted to interfere with the server's growth and basically cause problems for everyone, including Ballecer.
According to multiple tweets from Ballecer's Twitter account, the Vatican Minecraft server has been experiencing DDoS (otherwise known as denial of service attack) attacks. The mods have also had to ban alleged trolls for trying to mess around with the server. On top of all that, Ballecer has also tweeted that he wasn't expecting the news regarding his server to go out so quickly, and that the server itself was just a test server "for setting up policy."
In other words, the Vatican Minecraft server was supposed to be a test server. After it got exposure, demand for the server increased, and people started flocking over to it. Among those people were trolls who allegedly launched DDoS attacks against the server (some of them have been banned) and caused disruptions. Now the server's goal is to transition from a test server to a production server, and find a way to ultimately stop any and all troll/DDoS attacks against it.
Hopefully, Ballecer, his mods, and various IT specialists who agreed to help Ballecer out will be able to deal with the problem and launch the server with little to no issues.
Source: VideoGamer