You're probably thinking.. huh? Where did I come from? Why did I even choose to host this whole thing in the first place? Let me explain...
Hi, I'm Kiroshy, the host of TeamIvanNationMC. I originally found out about Ivan a little after February 2024, at the time I joined a stream by a YouTuber known as SGTGamer afterwards realising that he shown a stream Kaizen was doing. This stream was Kaizen's collab with Ivan, and that is lead my to Ivan. I mentioned my appearance in the streams to Ivan and he decided to add it to the 2024 highlights. I have participated in some (although not a lot) of Ivan's streams and in February of 2025 I did a stream with Ivan on my channel (sadly due to the stream being done pre-livestream restrictions it isn't public anymore). With all that has been done, I see Ivan as someone between a good friend.
Although, why did I decide to host this server?
Well... multiple reasons. I love technology, had recently been using the server version of Minecraft so I could play with a friend (sure there is other methods), wanted a challenge and from experience when me and X-Gamer (you may know him because of his appearance in Season 4 of IBT) had used Aternos.. it was awful.
I decided to take on the challenge to self host the server because I saw an opportunity to try improve something and took it, learning multiple things along the way. I can say for sure, it wasn't easy setting up the DNS Records and getting DDoS protection. I had an all-nighter just getting a domain and trying to get 'cloudflared tunnels' to work, then I found out about easier methods.
I know it may not be "perfect", but I am working with what I have.
Thank you for reading and enjoy your time on the server. Also thank you Ivan for giving me the chance to do all of this, it really has been an honour.