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-MCServer
+MCServer [![Build Status](http://img.shields.io/travis/mc-server/MCServer.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/mc-server/MCServer) [![Support via Gittip](http://img.shields.io/gittip/mcs_team.svg)](https://www.gittip.com/mcs_team) [![tip for next commit](http://tip4commit.com/projects/74.svg)](http://tip4commit.com/projects/74)
 ========
 
-**Current Protocol Supported:** Minecraft v1.2 -> v1.7
-
-MCServer is a performant C++ Minecraft server designed for use in memory and cpu-limited places, or just to make regular server perform better.
+MCServer is a Minecraft server that is written in C++ and designed to be efficient with memory and CPU, as well as having a flexible Lua Plugin API.
 
 MCServer can run on PCs, Macs, and *nix. This includes android phones and tablets as well as Raspberry Pis. 
 
+We currently support the protocol from Minecraft 1.2 all the way up to Minecraft 1.7.9.
+
 Installation
 ------------
 
-To install MCServer, you can either download the repository and compile it, or download a pre-compiled version.
-
-If you've cloned the repository using Git, you need to pull down the submodules (core plugins, some dependencies). This can be achieved with `git submodule init` and then on a regular basis (to keep up to date) `git submodule update`.
+Normally, you will want to download a pre-compiled version of MCServer from one of the buildservers:
 
-If you downloaded a ZIP file of the sources instead, you will need to download PolarSSL, too, from https://github.com/polarssl/polarssl , and unpack it into the `lib/polarssl` folder. You will also need to manually download all the plugins that you want included.
+ * [Linux and Raspberry Pi](http://ci.bearbin.net) (Bearbin's CI Server)
+ * [Windows](http://mc-server.xoft.cz) (xoft's nightly build service)
 
-Compilation instructions are available in the COMPILING file.
+You simply need to download and extract these files before you can use the server. 
 
-Linux builds can be downloaded from [Bearbin's CI Service](http://ci.bearbin.net) and Windows builds from xoft's [nightly build service](http://mc-server.xoft.cz).
-
-After you've extracted the files, simply run the MCServer executable.
+If you're a more advanced user, you may want to compile the server yourself for more performance. See the [COMPILING.md](https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer/blob/master/COMPILING.md) file for more details.
 
 Contributing
 ------------
 
 MCServer is licensed under the Apache license V2, and we welcome anybody to fork and submit a Pull Request back with their changes, and if you want to join as a permanent member we can add you to the team.
 
+Check out the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for more details.
+
 Other Stuff
 -----------
 
-For other stuff, including plugins and discussion, check the [forums](http://forum.mc-server.org) and [wiki](http://wiki.mc-server.org/).
+For other stuff, including plugins and discussion, check the [forums](http://forum.mc-server.org) and [Plugin API](http://mc-server.xoft.cz/LuaAPI/).
 
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-Travis CI: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mc-server/MCServer.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mc-server/MCServer)
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+
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