I'm not even trying to forward my ports, are you trying to prove something? I don't even know that much about port forwarding. All I'm trying to say is that Hamachi is useful for dim-witted 12 year olds who can't figure out how to setup a network.
Besides, I'm not going to get involved in port forwarding when I can just use Hamachi, perfect for what I want to do; play games with my friends. Besides, I'm pretty sure blueblur wanted help on setting up a minecraft server h, not telling everyone how smart you are.
You tell me that I have no idea what I'm talking about, then when I throw nearly all my experience at you, you back down and say 'i can't do this stuff this guy can't either'? Anyways. Thanks for finally admitting you were wrong about networking. Took you long enough.
Hamachi is made for playing LAN-only multiplayer games. Great, you misuse it and cause inconvenience to others and their network performance. Don't suggest it to others.
The best solution is figuring out how to port forward. It really isn't that hard. I was about 13 or 14? when I first did it. I did not mess up once, got it all right on my first try. There's a very easy to use guide online at portforward.com and really, the only people who have troubles following it are the ones who are too lazy to look at their router model, or skim the steps. By that point it's their own fault.
You even said it yourself, that Hamachi isn't a good solution if you want to have a server with lots of people on it, and he said nothing about hosting it for only his friends.
I'm also sure you can stop calling this kid a dim-wit. He's one of the very few 12 year olds on here using almost-correct grammar.
And if someone can't figure out how to do something, don't give them a stuffty alternative. You teach them how to do it. Humans are great at learning things. Stop taking shortcuts. That's why people are so loving dumb and fat. They take shortcuts to get a lesser reward that they convince themselves is satisfying.
We've taught several users how to port forward.
So get the forget out of the way.