While I agree Zedwick may die from repeated poking, if nothing is done before the update, LVS would lose the "latest version" aspect of the server...
Ultimately it's in the name of the server and we are already missing some features (minor features imo, woodland mansions weren't all they were cracked up to be) of a latest version server.
Would it be possible to perhaps reduce the border size (and thus memory taken up) in the nether? Since few people actually go out to 22k in the nether except to mine quartz, could that border be reduced and reset to save disk space? Or is that not how this works?