From MinecraftOnline

"I'll play here after all. I can't find any other server that isn't corrupt or retarded" - hikkairu

This is a list of significant events and changes affecting the server and Freedonia throughout its lifetime.

Effectively, this page is intended as a comprehensive history of the server.





Timeline

Minecraft 1.0.15 (the first release of SMP ) in typical multiplayer form for the time; a treeless world with everything on fire.

The original spawn in the first iteration of Freedonia

2010

August

4 August 2010 - Minecraft Alpha 1.0.15 released - first public release of survival multiplayer.

4 August 2010 - MinecraftOnline.com registered [1], server created on hemingway by SlowRiot runechan Admins. Runechan creates Freedonia and approves it. Server enters private testing.

Admins. Runechan creates Freedonia and approves it. Server enters private testing. 6 August 2010 - LlamaCraft released, making it possible to disable fire and TNT - the first effective antigrief solution.

6 August 2010 - hMod released, making it possible to have Moderators as well as Admins.

6 August 2010 - MinecraftOnline opens to the public, running LlamaCraft and hMod.

7 August 2010 - Flippeh Rizual whogotmynick Moderator positions.

Moderator positions. 8 August 2010 - Tommyx50 Moderator.

Moderator. 9 August 2010 - Minarr Moderator.

Moderator. 12 August 2010 - Minecraft Alpha 1.0.16 released - online authentication enabled, so it becomes possible to run a safe public server.

13 August 2010 - Flippeh Admin.

Admin. 13 August 2010 - xeroremorse BoonTheMoon Moderator.

Moderator. 15 August 2010 - IRC channel #minecraftonline created. Flippeh Mhhh, the smell of a fresh IRC channel"

19 August 2010 - Dokie_Okie Carnaugh Moderator.

Moderator. 22 August 2010 - Minarr

22 August 2010 - Tinowyn Moderator.

September

4 September 2010 - 1,000th unique player connects to the server.

1 September 2010 - Hellstar darkthief101 Moderator.

Moderator. 2 September 2010 - TBSliver Moderator.

Moderator. 10 September 2010 - Minecraft Alpha 1.1.0 released - serverside inventory enabled, making it possible to enforce true survival without item spawning.

11 September 2010 - bastetfurry Moderator.

Moderator. 28 September 2010 - Dommys Moderator.

Moderator. 29 September 2010 - darkthief101 mod stick.

mod stick. 29 September 2010 - nickcwly Moderator.

October

2 October 2010 - Server's 100th ban (player demon1227

2 October 2010 - XeroXer Moderator.

Moderator. 10 October 2010 - Arctos13 chivalrousWeasel Moderator.

Moderator. 30 October 2010 - Minecraft updated to Alpha 1.2.0 (Halloween update), biggest list of changes to date. MCO kept back awaiting hMod update.

November

2 November 2010 - MCO updated to Alpha 1.2.0

6 November 2010 - Tommyx50

7 November 2010 - At0m1Ca15 Moderator.

Moderator. 10 November 2010 - ToneDial Moderator.

Moderator. 18 November 2010 - ampqre Moderator.

2011

January

2 January 2011 - 10,000th unique player connects to the server.

13 January 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.2 released. Forces a client update, so MinecraftOnline is forced to switch to a temporary world until hMod is updated.

20 January 2011 - Meaglin releases a fork of hMod for Beta 1.2.

20 January 2011 - bastetfurry Admin.

Admin. 25 January 2011 - Donation system begins development and private testing.

25 January 2011 - Donation system introduced to the public.

February

6 February 2011 - shobble Moderator.

Moderator. 10 February 2011 - shobble Admin.

Admin. 11 February 2011 - Acsidol Moderator.

Moderator. 12 February 2011 - Server migrated from hemingway to revenant.

18 February 2011 - Minecon Feb '11 held in Edinburgh. Much booze is consumed, primarily by SlowRiot

20 February 2011 - Tayron Moderator.

Moderator. 22 February 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.3 released. Forces a client update, so MinecraftOnline is forced to switch to a temporary world until hMod is updated.

28 February 2011 - Meaglin releases a fork of hMod for Beta 1.3.

March

3 March 2011 - ToneDial chivalrousWeasel Admin.

Admin. 3 March 2011 - Causeless Tommyx50 Moderator for the second time.

Moderator for the second time. 7 March 2011 - Pianoman BaygullATL SavageClown Moderator.

Moderator. 15 March 2011 - Server's 1000th ban (player AlotaFagina

16 March 2011 - lacrosse1991 Moderator.

Moderator. 17 March 2011 - jlawrence6809 shypixel Moderator.

Moderator. 18 March 2011 - TheMightyCheeze Moderator.

Moderator. 26 March 2011 - Krenath Moderator.

April

1 April 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.4 update released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.

1 April 2011 - Zymes Moderator. Everyone thinks it's an april fools' joke. It's not.

Moderator. Everyone thinks it's an april fools' joke. It's not. 4 April 2011 - Server updated to Minecraft Beta 1.4 with Canary B4.

7 April 2011 - Facebook page created: http://facebook.com/MinecraftOnline

8 April 2011 - Server's 2000th ban (player Yaominghu

10 April 2011 - Previous long-held record for most bans in one day - 119 bans (superceded by 21 May 2011).

16 April 2011 - This wiki created.

17 April 2011 - AgentMuu imaMINOR Moderator.

Moderator. 18 April 2011 - 20,000th unique player connects to the server.

19 April 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.5 update released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.

20 April 2011 - Server migrated from revenant to roppongi.

27 April 2011 - Server updated to Minecraft Beta 1.5 with Canary B5.

29 April 2011 - SavageClown

30 April 2011 - lacrosse1991 Krenath Admins.

May

The first expedition party enters the Nether portal.

June

4 June 2011 - rtkwe zfleming1 Moderator.

Moderator. 7 June 2011 - The Nothing.

15 June 2011 - Server updated to Minecraft Beta 1.6.6 with Canary crow-b1.2.7.

18 June 2011 - Nether enabled on the server for the first time, rendering the Fake Nether obsolete.

23 June 2011 - Server's 5000th ban (player dipsy7777

29 June 2011 - Due to a drunken Admin, Lothendal dorn284 Moderator.

Moderator. 30 June 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.7 released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.

July

8 July 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 released, finally fixing most of the bugs of Beta 1.7.

15 July 2011 - Server updated to Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 with Canary B8.

24 July 2011 - Machines_Are_Us Moderator.

Cake party on Freedonia's first birthday

August

3 Aug 2011 - Server's 6000th ban (player blane88

4 Aug 2011 - Freedonia celebrates its first birthday with a Cake Party

5 Aug 2011 - andreydio Moderator by surprise.

Moderator by surprise. 5 Aug 2011 - shypixel Admin.

Admin. 8 Aug 2011 - 30,000th unique player connects to the server.

19 Aug 2011 - Edessa Shintyx xxVegasxx Moderator.

Moderator. 22 Aug 2011 - 22/08 Downtime.

23 Aug 2011 - A second server configured for testing and auxiliary services, pururin, is brought online.

September

9 Sep 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.8 prereleased. Nothing happens.

10 Sep 2011 - Drathus42 KingOfCheeseLand Moderator.

Moderator. 13 Sep 2011 - Server's 7000th ban (player pacmanbuum

14 Sep 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.8 officially released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.

20 Sep 2011 - ToneDial Admin position due to real-life commitments.

Admin position due to real-life commitments. 26 Sep 2011 - AgentMuu Edessa guyed Admin.

Admin. 28 Sep 2011 - MCO upgrades to Beta 1.8.1. Celebrations!

October

17 Oct 2011 - healthyuncle Moderator.

November

1 Nov 2011 - Edessa Admin to a normal player.

Admin to a normal player. 4 Nov 2011 - Tank_AUT Moderator.

Moderator. 6 Nov 2011 - Shintyx Moderator and banned from the server for grief.

Moderator and banned from the server for grief. 7 Nov 2011 - fmxstick nosefish Moderator.

Moderator. 18 Nov 2011 - werdnaz Moderator. It is the official release day of Minecraft 1.0.0 and the end of beta status!

Moderator. It is the official release day of Minecraft 1.0.0 and the end of beta status! 22 Nov 2011 - Google Plus page created: http://gplus.to/MCO

24 Nov 2011 - Ellen124 FlyingJellyfish Moderator, making today the first all-female group promotion.

The map view of Freedonia prior to the December 2011 border expansion

A solidworks calculation of optimal hub locations for Project Anubis , showing the original 18km border and 1.0 expansion areas at the east and south, and the eventual unification 24km border planned.

December

5 Dec 2011 - Craftbook is updated to the latest Canary Crow build, and finally MCO updates to Release 1.0.1.

7 Dec 2011 - The border is permitted to expand with a new 9km diameter area opening centered on the northern (formerly eastern) edge of the existing border; this is the first part of a three-stage expansion plan to introduce new 1.0 terrain features into Freedonia.

8 Dec 2011 - Server's 8000th ban (player tom7300

16 Dec 2011 - Big end-of-year inactive staff clearout! ampqre Arctos13 At0m1Ca15 BaygullATL BoonTheMoon Carnaugh Dokie_Okie Dommys guyed Hellstar jlawrence6809 Kiatarie nickcwly Pianoman runechan StanDudek Tinowyn whogotmynick xeroremorse XeroXer xxVegasxx Zymes Moderators.

Moderators. 23 Dec 2011 - Machines_Are_Us zfleming1 Admin.

Admin. 25 Dec 2011 - broncoskip bubba_basti gardy64 jimmyd93 HeavyWeaponsOrk nodoka_miyazaki Palindrome7 samoroth Thonykidd Moderator by surprise by Riot who may have had a drop to drink.

Moderator by surprise by Riot who may have had a drop to drink. 25 Dec 2011 - Causeless Moderator position, partially due to SlowRiot

Moderator position, partially due to 26 Dec 2011 - The_Jackal_249 TheSuicideBooth Moderator.

Moderator. 28 Dec 2011 - Bigred999 Moderator.

Moderator. 31 Dec 2011 - Rayzion Moderator.

The map view of Freedonia as seen on 17 Jan 2012, showing the December 2011 border expansion filled out, prior to the second phase of the expansion.

2012

January

February

14 Feb. 2012 - monk30lol Valentines day party at Spawn.

Valentines day party at Spawn. 15 Feb. 2012 - Server's 9000th ban (player 123ajc123 xDugzahh CackleFish

21 Feb. 2012 - The server's 40000th unique player connects, yakgrr Spawn with cake. And pigs.

March

01 March 2012 - stromhurst Moderator.

Moderator. 01 March 2012 - Minecraft updated to 1.2.1 and then 1.2.2. Server kept back as these versions prove very buggy.

02 March 2012 - Minecraft updated to 1.2.3. Server kept back awaiting a stable Canary update.

03 March 2012 - MinecraftOnlineFreedonia (MCOF) Steam group created: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/MinecraftOnlineSteam

09 March 2012 - MinecraftOnline updated to 1.2.3 with Canary Crow b4.6.10, world map converted to Anvil file format. World height raised to 256 from 128, and build rights over 128 restricted to players with over 100 hours in the game, or minimum reputation of 20, or minimum donation level iron (using the custom BuildRestriction plugin). Several bugs are addressed and server updates to Canary's git release 9423810. The server keeps crashing, and is thus updated to a custom-built version, based on git commit 08d1c46, to work around it and provide debug information.

16-17 March 2012 - 707hero12 Zen_Fighter St Patrick's Day Party.

St Patrick's Day Party. 17 March 2012 - Drathus42 captbunzo FlyingJellyfish Admin status. Contrary to rumor this was not the result of excessive Saint Patrick's Day drinking on the part of SlowRiot

April

13 April 2012 - On the occasion of his birthday, a statue of SlowRiot Flippeh Palindrome7

16 April 2012 - Server's 10,000th ban is NoobSlayer117 gabzwithabz

May

8 May 2012 - Three new warps created: Autumnwood, Newlands and NovumCulta.

10 May 2012 - Review of all warps resulted in about half of them being decommissioned.

28 May 2012 - The first issue of the Voice of Freedonia newspaper is published at http://www.VoiceOfFreedonia.com

June

11 June 2012 - The MinecraftOnline subreddit is created at http://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftonline/

18 June 2012 - winx51 techkid6 DiagnosticDog mobster_ie Moderator. Rayzion Moderator.

Moderator. Moderator. 25 June 2012 - Server's 11,000th ban is given to ludenduden Admin Machines_Are_Us

July

4 July 2012 - Rizual HeavyWeaponsOrk BadSyntax Charlesbaechler ModernMyth7 Acsidol Moderator performance and overstepping Moderator authority in making a bullying ban.

Moderator performance and overstepping Moderator authority in making a bullying ban. 6 July 2012 - The second issue of the Voice of Freedonia newspaper is published at http://www.VoiceOfFreedonia.com

17 July 2012 - Simmuel Moderator.

Moderator. 27 July 2012 - captbunzo Admins Drathus42 Machines_Are_Us shypixel Krenath

Admins 28 July 2012 - gabzwithabz Moderator.

Moderator. 29 July 2012 - MinecraftOnline Radio officially associates with Arecibo Radio to fill dead air, becoming a 24/7 radio station.

30 July 2012 - andreydio Moderator.

August

4 August 2012 - Freedonia's second birthday! Celebrations are had with cake covering spawn, fun and games, and all players getting /jumpto for the day.

13 August 2012 - winx51 Moderator.

Moderator. 15 August 2012 - MattyQ Liastrae Moderator.

Moderator. 16 August 2012 - winx51 Moderator.

September

30 September 2012 - The crash bug in Canary is finally solved and server updates to 1.3.2 after an unusually long wait. Rufas Moderator.

October

02 October 2012 - The map is expanded to the north-west. Shortly after the expansion, SlowRiot Freedonia's first desert temple in the newly generated area.

Freedonia's first desert temple in the newly generated area. 18 October 2012 - The server's 12,000th ban is given to Hanzzer techkid6

25 October 2012 - The Pretty Scary Update is released! (1.4.2) Server kept back awaiting Canary update

November

3 November 2012 - Nominations open for the First Annual Freedonia Sham Elections, and the position of mayor!

6 November 2012 - Voting begins for the First Annual Freedonia Sham Elections, and nominations close.

8 November 2012 - The server updates to 1.4.2, after Canary releases its update [Crow 5.3.11]

17 November 2012 - Voting closes for the Freedonia Sham Elections, and vote counting begins.

25 November 2012 - The server updates to 1.4.5, after Canary releases its update [Crow 5.4.11]

29 November 2012 - fmxstick Lothendal MattyQ nosefish Palindrome7 rtkwe The_Jackal_249 Admin.

December

11 December 2012 - jonathanpanda skybirdthing wtfrenchtoast41 xArches Moderator.

Moderator. 21 December 2012 - The Apocalypse

2013

January

2 January 2013 - Server updates to 1.4.6.

8 January 2013 - Former backup server hemingway decommissioned.

12 January 2013 - Main server migrated from roppongi to renegade.

15 January 2013 - 14mRh4X0r Canary, is promoted to Moderator.

Canary, is promoted to Moderator. 22 January 2013 - Liastrae Moderator position.

Moderator position. 23 January 2013 - Test server migrated from pururin to obrussa.

February

1 February 2013 - Server updated to 1.4.7.

9 February 2013 - zfleming1

15 February 2013 - Server's 13000th ban is skatertim2000 mobster_ie

20 February 2013 - It becomes possible to collect Player Heads.

March

Sunset over Spawn at the 1.5 update, showing Flippeh and the Snowman

10 March 2013 - Server reaches 50,000 unique player count!

15 March 2013 - AgentMuu Admin.

Admin. 18 March 2013 - The server updates to Minecraft 1.5, only five days after the release by Mojang.

30 March 2013 - Server updates to 1.5.1.

30 March 2013 - Server's 14,000th ban is MetricRICHARD gardy64 Spawn.

April border expansion, only partially explored two and a half weeks later

April

13 April 2013 - Server owner SlowRiot

13 April 2013 - Users TEllins thesprazzler TheDarkrai85 crystalriver Excalibur_NUMNUM Moderator. As thesprazzler crystalriver

Moderator. As 24 April 2013 - Moderators 14mRh4X0r dorn284 Admin.

Admin. 25 April 2013 - Freedonia's border gets expanded by 4km to the west. The old Nether is archived and the Nether is re-initialised, to allow for harvesting of quartz.

May

23 May 2013 - Users bhugoz tindwcel Moderator.

Moderator. 30 May 2013 - Violet_Apathy Moderator.

June

25 June 2013 - Server's 15,000th ban is MrStarch123 SlowRiot AlphaAlex115

July

1 July 2013 - Minecraft 1.6.1 released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.

5 July 2013 - Minecraft 1.6.2 released. Server remains on 1.5.2 awaiting Canary update.

August

11 August 2013 - After a lengthy wait, server updates to 1.6.2.

October

4 October 2013 - Server updated to 1.6.4.

19 October 2013 - stromhurst Admin, and PassiveFriendly Moderator.

December

3 December 2013 - SnappyMuppetman Moderator via impromptu IRC interruption by SlowRiot

2014

January

3 January 2014 - TheMightyCheeze bubba_basti Simmuel Moderator positions.

February

13 February 2014 - Kayla93 Moderator in the middle of some IRC chatter by SlowRiot

Moderator in the middle of some IRC chatter by 22 February 2014 - theschlozmeister Moderator by SlowRiot IRC.

April

3 April 2014 - imaMIN0R samoroth

May

5 May 2014 - As a result of Blobehh de2354 Anna_28 Moderator and werdnaz Admin.

Moderator and Admin. 30 May 2014 - After offering to help SlowRiot IRC bot, TheDarkrai85 Admin.

June

18 June 2014 - techkid6 Admin on his staff anniversary.

Admin on his staff anniversary. 26 June 2014 - Menmeth Moderator while being afk.

July

14 July 2014 - fthtjyjy Moderator.

Moderator. 28 July 2014 - twinchicken86 Moderator.

September

5 September 2014 - Staff clean out! TBSliver Quizlibet GodlyCheeze Bigred999 gardy64 TheSuicideBooth skybirdthing Pieapple42 Moderator and Kiatarie

Moderator and 6 September 2014 - supertec

9 September 2014 - jimmyd93 Moderator (for the second time) during some IRC chat.

Moderator (for the second time) during some IRC chat. 13 September 2014 - bubba_basti

16 September 2014 - ardoom1 Moderator.

October

3 October 2014 - crystalriver

18 October 2014 - 16,000 ban was hopesfall23 xArches

18 October 2014 - Server updated to 1.7.10 after a very long wait.

18 October 2014 - Server migrated from Renegade to Ruthless.

November

22 November 2014 - Menmeth

December

25 December 2014 - SpeedSter Moderator on Christmas day.

2015

January

7 January 2015 - Waterboy0048 Moderator.

Moderator. 9 January 2015 - TEllins Moderator position.

Moderator position. 21 January 2015 - SnappyMuppetman Moderator to Admin.

Moderator to Admin. 26 January 2015 - benhunter09 http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/.

February

20 February 2015 - bubba_basti Moderator position.

Moderator position. 23 February 2015 - nambortex Draglide12 Moderator.

March

2 March 2015 - Draglide12 https://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

https://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/ 3 March 2015 - darkdiplomat Prince__Valiant Moderator.

Moderator. 4 March 2015 - jimmyd93 Moderator to Admin.

Moderator to Admin. 12 March 2015 - The Steve Police make a return.

April

May

2 May 2015 - Zomon333 Moderator.

Moderator. 29 May 2015 - BryBer Zen_Fighter Moderator.

June

13 June 2015 - 17,000th ban was _YoloSkillzAye_ TheDarkrai85

22 June 2015 - A Blue Monday where PietElite copbot1001 reaxion Draco297 DarterSwiftblade Moderators.

Moderators. 23 June 2015 - La_Peep Reseres Moderators.

Moderators. 24 June 2015 - zmdudeman Moderator.

Moderator. 26 June 2015 - Eilidh23 Moderator.

July

3 July 2015 - AlphaAlex Moderator.

Moderator. 5 July 2015 - copbot1001 Krenath Admin.

Admin. 27 July 2015 - tylergz Moderator.

August

25 August 2015 - Ted1246 Xyginator Moderators.

September

1 September 2015 - PoppySeedMuffins Moderator.

Moderator. 10 September 2015 - Jmancino2 Moderator.

Moderator. 22 September 2015 - Smudja Moderator.

December

9 December 2015 - Pyker Moderator, being the first promoted via the Telegram group.

2016

January

21 January 2016 - Super_Ender 200xth Moderator. skybirdthing Moderator.

Moderator. Moderator. 26 January 2016 - Anna_28 darkdiplomat Moderator to Admin.

February

18 February 2016 - JZTech101 http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/.

June

July

20 July 2016 - Bowbee DavyBhoy Moderator.

Moderator. 21 July 2016 - 200xth

21 July 2016 - EpicKittyXP Moderator.

September

19 September 2016 - 200xth Moderator, their account is once again safe in their hands.

November

25 Friday 2016 - The server has a Black Friday sale where everything is 50% off.

2017

January

18 January 2017 - Jibletz SailBird treepuncher755 Moderator.

February

13 February 2017 - Star_Blade LewisD95 Moderator.

Moderator. 14 February 2017 - Ellen124 Moderator position.

April

1 April 2017 - The /votemod command is added to allow players to vote for new Moderators. 68 new Moderators are promoted by the community and get a blue username.

command is added to allow players to vote for new Moderators. 68 new Moderators are promoted by the community and get a blue username. 2 April 2017 - The previous 68 new Moderators are now normal users again.

2 April 2017 - The /votemod command is removed.

command is removed. 8 April 2017 - Inspector_Foix Moderator.

Moderator. 24 April 2017 - aggrievedCanine Moderator.

May

13 May 2017 - Server's 20,000th ban is MythicalMark Krenath

July

14 July 2017 - Mauzer

14 July 2017 - Chewy27_ TheCubester ScarClaw72 Moderator.

Moderator. 15 July 2017 - KevinGriffioen Distase Moderator.

Moderator. 15 July 2017 - Server's 21,000th ban is TTE4EHbKA1337 Chewy27_

18 July 2017 - Server hits 100,000 unique players.

August

1 August 2017 - twinchicken86 Moderator position.

Moderator position. 4 August 2017 - The server celebrates 7 years since it was created. Using the /spawn command gives a random positive potion effect or a chance to get a cake item for the day.

command gives a random positive potion effect or a chance to get a cake item for the day. 15 August 2017 - Anna_28

28 August 2017 - 22,000th ban was ImMattLmao ScarClaw72

September

11 September 2017 - Wulf_359 Moderator.

Moderator. 16 September 2017 - Anna_28 http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

October

11 October 2017 - treepuncher755 Moderator position.

November

19 November 2017 - treepuncher755 Moderator position.

Moderator position. 20 November 2017 - YouTube channel StudioMoonTV ( MoonIsMyCity

22 November 2017 - YouTube channel MaTTem griefs the server on multiple alt accounts and uploads a video. Second wave of Czechia and Slovakia invasion

26 November 2017 - Server's 23,000th ban was Adorendo SailBird

30 November 2017 - _deckard Moderator

December

1 December 2017 - ickyacky DragonsTail Moderator

Moderator 7 December 2017 - witchy1000 Moderator

Moderator 16 December 2017 - feb1980

2018

January

February

11 February 2018 - SpeedSter Moderator position.

Moderator position. 26 February 2018 - 200xth

March

8 March 2018 - Server's 25,000th ban was russianator2509 ickyacky

April

1 April 2018 - The /votemod command returns and 99 new Moderators are voted by the community.

command returns and 99 new Moderators are voted by the community. 2 April 2018 - The /votemod command is removed.

command is removed. 2 April 2018 - All but two of the voted Moderators are normal players again. doublehelix457 bawestman Moderators.

May

4 May 2018 - Anna_28 http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/ 24 May 2018 - ardoom1

June

16 June 2018 - 26,000th ban was EliTheDonut jimmyd93

July

27 July 2018 - mk59apr Moderator

August

4 August 2018 - The server celebrates 8 years since it was created, hourly gifts give special birthday items and the /spawn command creates fireworks while giving useful potion effects or cake.

command creates fireworks while giving useful potion effects or cake. 5 August 2018 - Rufas http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/ 7 August 2018 - 27,000th ban was ruvim10 14mRh4X0r

9 August 2018 - The server gets blacklisted by Mojang

11 August 2018 - SailBird Moderator due to personal reasons.

Moderator due to personal reasons. 20 August 2018 - The server is removed from the Mojang blacklist.

October

6 October 2018 - GhostPanther http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

15 October 2018 - Ledoyom Moderator.

November

26 November 2018 - ickyacky Moderator position due to disagreement with the Admin-team.

Moderator position due to disagreement with the Admin-team. 26 November 2018 - Bowbee Moderator position due to personal reasons.

Moderator position due to personal reasons. 29 November 2018 - 28,000th ban was ilnur_damaev Anna_28

December

11 December 2018 - BiSaXa http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

2019

February

25 February 2019 - Hirudo6 Moderator.

Moderator. 27 February 2019 - Paladin_Heihachi Moderator.

March

2 March 2019 - Server's 29,000th ban is Gekko105 Ted1246

11 March 2019 - bloo_noodle Moderator.

April

1 April 2019 - The /votemod command returns and 156 new Moderators are voted by the community.

3 April 2019 - The /votemod command is removed.

command is removed. 3 April 2019 - All but two of the voted Moderators are normal players again. 76x tyhdefu Moderators.

Moderators. 12 April 2019 - Nerkin_

May

23 May 2019 - 2b2t YouTuber FitMC features MCO in a video as an example of a (his words) "stagnant server" which set off a three day invasion of tourists as well as griefers looking to exploit the confusion.

June

July

12 July 2019 - WaffleNomster http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/ 20 July 2019 - 50 years since the first human stepped foot on the moon was celebrated, spawn lake being converted to a moon crater with a spacesuit Flippeh Statue.

August

4 August 2019 - The server celebrates 9 years since it was made! Hourly gifts give special birthday items and the /spawn command creates fireworks while giving useful potion effects or cake. Cake is also set up at spawn.

command creates fireworks while giving useful potion effects or cake. Cake is also set up at spawn. 4 August 2019 - doublehelix457 Ted1246 Admin.

Admin. 7 August 2019 - Ted1246 ban, smashing the banhammer down on Funkoboy

ban, smashing the banhammer down on 14 August 2019 - Draglide12

31 August 2019 - TheDemetri Moderator.

September

1 September 2019 - BenPotter8 Moderator.

Moderator. 8 September 2019 - PietElite WaffleNomster Admin.

Admin. 10 September 2019 - Ted1246 ban, smashing the banhammer down on NyxOtato_

ban, smashing the banhammer down on 14 September 2019 - Eclypto18 Tekupuristo Moderator.

October

Spawn becomes so dense that old structures are buried under the new ones

6 October 2019 - Big 2019 inactive staff clearout! ApexVII Bhugoz broncoskip catman4592 DavyBhoy de2354 Distase Draco297 DiagnosticDog Enjoku EpicKittyXP fthtjyjy Hirudo6 jonathanpanda Kayla93 KevinGriffioen Kiatarie KingOfCheeseLand La_Peep Ledoyom nambortex nodoka_miyazaki PassiveFriendly Prince__Valiant Pyker reaxion Reseres Smudja Star_Blade supertec Super_Ender Tayron tindwcel tylergz Violet_Apathy Waterboy0048 wtfrenchtoast41 XArches Zen_Fighter zmdudeman Moderators.

Moderators. 13 October 2019 - EpicKittyXP

30 October 2019 - WaffleNomster ban, smashing the banhammer down on 93w

November

8 November 2019 - walteratt Moderator.

Moderator. 9 November 2019 - watertriber Moderator.

December

2 December 2019 - treepuncher755 Moderator position.

2020

January

1 January 2020 - Star_Blade

2 January 2020 - mSup VonRiessfeld Moderator.

Moderator. 7 January 2020 - Void42_ Moderator.

Moderator. 24 January 2020 - WaffleNomster ban, squishing qteks

ban, squishing 26 January 2020 - ReverseDmitry Moderator to normal user and banned for exploitation of a duplication glitch.

Moderator to normal user and banned for exploitation of a duplication glitch. 26 January 2020 - 2b2t YouTuber SalC1 SalC1 Invasion.

SalC1 Invasion. 26 January 2020 - Netrom5 Moderator during the SalC1 Invasion.

Moderator during the SalC1 Invasion. 31 January 2020 - watertriber Moderator position.

February

1 February 2020 - FlyingJellyfish Admin position after nearly 8 years.

Admin position after nearly 8 years. 2 February 2020 - winx51 Moderator position after 8 years.

Moderator position after 8 years. 11 February 2020 - Xyginator Moderator position after nearly 5 years.

Moderator position after nearly 5 years. 15 February 2020 - ScarClaw72 Moderator performance.

Moderator performance. 15 February 2020 - snthetic WideEyedBass Beeraeka Moderator.

Moderator. 28 February 2020 - Prince__Valiant

March

12 March 2020 - Xyginator

16 March 2020 - VonRiessfeld Moderator.

Moderator. 16 March 2020 - Eclypto18 ban, smashing his banhammer down on Joseph20038

ban, smashing his banhammer down on 17 March 2020 - winx51 Moderator position after a much-needed mental health break.

Moderator position after a much-needed mental health break. 23 March 2020 - 1Catnip Moderator after the shenanigans in which he was fake promoted for 2 seconds and then proceeded to ban himself.

Moderator after the shenanigans in which he was fake promoted for 2 seconds and then proceeded to ban himself. 30 March 2020 - Vecxin Moderator.

April

1 April 2020 - April Fools' Day! For some bizarre reason, the server is rolled back to Release 1.4.6 with a world backup to match, and ubiquitous laggy mayhem ensues.

2 April 2020 - The server is reverted to its pre-April-Fools'-Day state and thus brought back to Release 1.7.10.

4 April 2020 - 2b2t YouTuber FitMC features MCO in a video showing the April Fools' day damage at spawn and the surrounding areas. This sets off an invasion of tourists, as well as many griefers. Because of this, the server hits the player cap of 120 players for the first time in MCO history. Admins and mods do their best to deal with inflated numbers of players for the next few days.

of for the first time in MCO history. Admins and mods do their best to deal with inflated numbers of players for the next few days. 12 April 2020 - Server hits 200,000 unique players.

13 April 2020 - mk59apr Moderator position after a year and eight months of service.

May

1 May 2020 - jimmyd93 ban, smashing the banhammer on Ryan_R6

ban, smashing the banhammer on 9 May 2020 - 44trent3 MrMcBricks Moderator.

Moderator. 16 May 2020 - Dread_Nova Moderator.

Moderator. 22 May 2020 - watertriber Moderator position.

Moderator position. 29 May 2020 - DarthSagit Moderator.

Moderator. 31 May 2020 - An incredible day of Red Display! AlphaAlex115 Eclypto18 LewisD95 TheDemetri winx51 Admin

Admin 31 May 2020 - Freedonia undergoes a small expansion. Expanding a 6km radius circle overlapping the last southern bubble, in the South-by-South-West.

June

1 June 2020 - snthetic Moderator position.

Moderator position. 3 June 2020 - Eclypto18 ban, blowing away Rileywolf4me

ban, blowing away 23 June 2020 - Server undergoes maintenance, and Freedonia and its plugins are temporarily turned off, with Freedonia 2 taking its place for a short period of time.

28 June 2020 - Staff adjustment. aggrievedCanine bloo_noodle DarterSwiftblade Excalibur_NUMNUM ickyacky Paladin_Heihachi Pieapple42 Star_Blade witchy1000 _deckard Moderators, actions unbecoming of a moderator, and/or a failure to meet the standards of a moderator.

July

8 July 2020 - helpimdeadinside Moderator.

Moderator. 9 July 2020 - Kookei http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/ 11 July 2020 - Scampi_ Moderator.

Moderator. 18 July 2020 - LordOfTheShadows Moderator.

Moderator. 26 July 2020 - Vecxin blazp14

August

4 August 2020 - MinecraftOnline turns 10 years old! Hourly gifts give special birthday items and the /spawn command creates fireworks while giving useful potion effects or cake. Cake is also set up at spawn. In addition, all users are given the /jumpto command for the day. Donors with the /firework command were give /firework mco and /firework cake to celebrate the special occasion. As this was the 10th birthday, events were held in celebration. These events were Capture the Flag (Held at the New Eden Stadium) and The MCO Awards (Held in the Glenfiddich Performing Arts Centre). The participants in the Capture the Flag event were:

Red Team: 1Catnip, Avanlance, BryBer, Unkle_Genny, Freskooo, jriver_15, KingServal, verydairyman, stecklyashka, Freshaffogato, Otis_Wong_ and Water13_

Blue Team: Aziroeth, IconPippi, MrMcBricks, Leah_Starcraft, Vecxin, NevadaDream, Pretzel33, Tyhdefu, Drdrs76, r9q, Mr_Fudgy and EastDakota

5 August 2020 - mSup http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/ 5 August 2020 - WideEyedBass Moderator position.

September