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-node-minecraft-server
-==============
+Minecraft Server
+================
+[![Minecraft version](https://img.shields.io/badge/minecraft%20version-1.8-brightgreen.svg)](http://wiki.vg/Protocol)
+![Github issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/mhsjlw/node-minecraft-server.svg)
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/circleci/project/mhsjlw/node-minecraft-server/master.svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/mhsjlw/node-minecraft-server) [![Gratipay](https://img.shields.io/gratipay/mhsjlw.svg)](https://gratipay.com/~mhsjlw/)
 
-This is a Minecraft server written in node.js for minecraft 1.8
+A semi-functional minecraft server in Node.js
 
+## Building / Running
 
+    npm install
+    node app.js
+
+## Documentation
+Documentation for how to operate and how to customize your server are coming soon!
+
+## Contributors
+
+ - @roblabla for helping out with the protocols
+ - The PrismarineJS team for creating prismarine-chunk and node-minecraft-protcol
+ - [wiki.vg](http://wiki.vg/Protocols) for documenting minecraft protocols