Server Timeline

"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 1.0.15 alpha released - first public release of survival multiplayer.
• 4 August 2010 - MinecraftOnline.com registered [1], server created on hemingway by  SlowRiot, who makes himself and  runechan 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 and  whogotmynick promoted to the server's first Moderator positions.
• 8 August 2010 -  Tommyx50 promoted to Moderator.
• 9 August 2010 -  Minarr promoted to Moderator.
• 12 August 2010 - Minecraft 1.0.16 released - online authentication enabled, so it becomes possible to run a safe public server.
• 13 August 2010 -  Flippeh promoted to Admin.
• 13 August 2010 -  xeroremorse and  BoonTheMoon promoted to Moderator.
• 15 August 2010 - IRC channel #minecraftonline created.  Flippeh is first to join: Mhhh, the smell of a fresh IRC channel"
• 19 August 2010 -  Dokie_Okie and  Carnaugh promoted to Moderator.
• 22 August 2010 -  Minarr demoted to ordinary user following abuse of item spawning.
• 22 August 2010 -  Tinowyn promoted to Moderator.

September

• 4 September 2010 - 1,000th unique player connects to the server.
• 1 September 2010 -  Hellstar and  darkthief101 promoted to Moderator.
• 2 September 2010 -  TBSliver promoted to Moderator.
• 10 September 2010 - Minecraft 1.1.0 released - serverside inventory enabled, making it possible to enforce true survival without item spawning.
• 11 September 2010 -  bastetfurry promoted to Moderator.
• 28 September 2010 -  Dommys promoted to Moderator.
• 29 September 2010 -  darkthief101 demoted to ordinary user following an incident of abuse of the mod stick.
• 29 September 2010 -  nickcwly promoted to Moderator.

October

• 2 October 2010 - Server's 100th ban (player  demon1227).
• 2 October 2010 -  XeroXer promoted to Moderator.
• 10 October 2010 -  Arctos13 and  chivalrousWeasel promoted to Moderator.
• 30 October 2010 - Minecraft updated to 1.2.0 (Halloween update), biggest list of changes to date. MCO kept back awaiting hMod update.

November

• 2 November 2010 - MCO updated to 1.2.0
• 6 November 2010 -  Tommyx50 demoted to ordinary user.
• 7 November 2010 -  At0m1Ca15 promoted to Moderator.
• 10 November 2010 -  ToneDial promoted to Moderator.
• 18 November 2010 -  ampqre promoted to Moderator.

2011

January

• 2 January 2011 - 10,000th unique player connects to the server.
• 13 January 2011 - Minecraft 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 1.2.
• 20 January 2011 -  bastetfurry promoted to 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 promoted to Moderator.
• 10 February 2011 -  shobble promoted to Admin.
• 11 February 2011 -  Acsidol promoted to 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 promoted to Moderator.
• 22 February 2011 - Minecraft 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 1.3.

March

• 3 March 2011 -  ToneDial and  chivalrousWeasel promoted to Admin.
• 3 March 2011 -  Causeless (formerly  Tommyx50) promoted to Moderator for the second time.
• 7 March 2011 -  Pianoman,  BaygullATL and  SavageClown promoted to Moderator.
• 15 March 2011 - Server's 1000th ban (player  AlotaFagina).
• 16 March 2011 -  lacrosse1991 promoted to Moderator.
• 17 March 2011 -  jlawrence6809 and  shypixel promoted to Moderator.
• 18 March 2011 -  TheMightyCheeze promoted to Moderator.
• 26 March 2011 -  Krenath promoted to Moderator.

April

• 1 April 2011 - Minecraft 1.4 update released. Server kept back awaiting canary update.
• 1 April 2011 -  Zymes promoted to Moderator. Everyone thinks it's an april fools' joke. It's not.
• 4 April 2011 - Server updated to Minecraft 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 and  imaMINOR promoted to Moderator.
• 18 April 2011 - 20,000th unique player connects to the server.
• 19 April 2011 - Minecraft 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 1.5 with canary B5.
• 29 April 2011 -  SavageClown demoted to ordinary user as it was felt he no longer represented the server appropriately.
• 30 April 2011 -  lacrosse1991 and  Krenath promoted to Admins.

May

• 5 May 2011 -  Quizlibet promoted to Moderator.
• 11 May 2011 - Server's 3000th ban (player  kidshango).
• 15 May 2011 - May Unrest.
• 18 May 2011 -  GodlyCheeze and  ModernMyth7 promoted to Moderator.
• 20 May 2011 -  BadSyntax and  healthyuncle promoted to Moderator.
• 21 May 2011 -  StanDudek and  Tank_AUT promoted to Moderator.
• 21 May 2011 - Current record for most bans in one day - 257 bans. See also The Defence of Okoshima's Hut.
• 22 May 2011 - Server's 4000th ban (player  deathrow626).
• 24 May 2011 -  Charlesbaechler and  Kiatarie promoted to Moderator.
• 26 May 2011 - Minecraft 1.6 update released. Server kept back awaiting major bugfixes and canary update.

The first expedition party enters the Nether portal.

June

• 4 June 2011 -  rtkwe and  zfleming1 promoted to Moderator.
• 7 June 2011 - The Nothing.
• 15 June 2011 - Server updated to Minecraft 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 and  dorn284 were promoted to Moderator.
• 30 June 2011 - Minecraft 1.7 released. Server kept back awaiting canary update.

July

• 8 July 2011 - Minecraft 1.7.3 released, finally fixing most of the bugs of 1.7.
• 15 July 2011 - Server updated to Minecraft 1.7.3 with canary B8.
• 24 July 2011 -  Machines_Are_Us promoted to 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 promoted to Moderator by surprise.
• 5 Aug 2011 -  shypixel promoted to Admin.
• 8 Aug 2011 - 30,000th unique player connects to the server.
• 19 Aug 2011 -  Edessa,  Shintyx and  xxVegasxx promoted to 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 1.8 prereleased. Nothing happens.
• 10 Sep 2011 -  Drathus42 and  KingOfCheeseLand promoted to Moderator.
• 13 Sep 2011 - Server's 7000th ban (player  pacmanbuum).
• 14 Sep 2011 - Minecraft 1.8 official released. Server kept back awaiting canary update.
• 20 Sep 2011 -  ToneDial resigns his Admin position due to real-life commitments.
• 26 Sep 2011 -  AgentMuu,  Edessa and  guyed are promoted to Admin.
• 28 Sep 2011 - MCO upgrades to 1.8.1. Celebrations!

October

• 17 Oct 2011 -  healthyuncle demoted due to behavior unbecoming to a Moderator.

November

• 1 Nov 2011 -  Edessa demoted from an Admin to a normal player.
• 4 Nov 2011 -  Tank_AUT demoted due to behavior unbecoming to a Moderator.
• 6 Nov 2011 -  Shintyx demoted from Moderator and banned from the server for grief.
• 7 Nov 2011 -  fmxstick and  nosefish promoted to Moderator.
• 18 Nov 2011 -  werdnaz promoted to 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 and  FlyingJellyfish promoted to 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 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 demoted to ordinary players due to inactivity or insufficiently regular activity and lack of performance as Moderators.
• 23 Dec 2011 -  Machines_Are_Us and  zfleming1 promoted to Admin.
• 25 Dec 2011 -  broncoskip,  bubba_basti,  gardy64,  jimmyd93,  HeavyWeaponsOrk,  nodoka_miyazaki,  Palindrome7,  samoroth,  Thonykidd promoted to Moderator by surprise by Riot who may have had a drop to drink.
• 25 Dec 2011 -  Causeless resigns from Moderator position, partially due to  SlowRiot's modding spree. Sources suggest he is aware that his lack of performance would have removed him from the team at the next cull.
• 26 Dec 2011 -  The_Jackal_249 and  TheSuicideBooth promoted to Moderator.
• 28 Dec 2011 -  Bigred999 promoted to Moderator.
• 31 Dec 2011 -  Rayzion promoted to 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

• 3 Jan 2012 -  captbunzo promoted to Moderator.
• 9 Jan 2012 - First experimental broadcast by MinecraftOnline Radio (MCOR).
• 10 Jan 2012 -  jimmyd93 demoted to ordinary player as per his request, following The night of BHS minecraft shenanigans
• 10 Jan 2012 - MCOR given an experimental web front-end, http://minecraftonline.com/radio
• 12 Jan 2012 - Minecraft updated to 1.1. MinecraftOnline held back pending a Canary update.
• 15 Jan 2012 - MinecraftOnline upgraded to 1.1, with Canary Crow 4.4.10, 2nd rebuild.
• 17 Jan 2012 - The border is permitted to expand with a new 9km diameter area opening centered on the eastern (formerly southern) edge of the existing main border.
• 17 Jan 2012 -  Enjoku promoted to Moderator.
• 25 Jan 2012 -  gabzwithabz promoted to Moderator.
• 25 Jan 2012 - To celebrate the anniversary of MCO's donation system opening to the public, the god kit is discounted by £500 (50%) for one day only.

February

• 14 Feb. 2012 -  monk30lol Hosts a very interesting Valentines day party at Spawn.
• 15 Feb. 2012 - Server's 9000th ban (player  123ajc123). It went over 9000 with  xDugzahh as a ban evasion account for  CackleFish.
• 21 Feb. 2012 - The server's 40000th unique player connects,  yakgrr. Party at Spawn with cake. And pigs.

March

• 01 March 2012 -  stromhurst promoted to 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 and  Zen_Fighter host the St Patrick's Day Party.
• 17 March 2012 -  Drathus42,  captbunzo and  FlyingJellyfish are promoted to 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 replaced that of  Flippeh for the day, complete with a pimpin hat by  Palindrome7. Rumour has it he was seen doing a rather Flemmish dance!
• 16 April 2012 - Server's 10,000th ban is  NoobSlayer117 (banned by  gabzwithabz). Nobody notices at the time because the latest update to the ban system broke the counter, which was only fixed on 27 April.

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 and  mobster_ie promoted to Moderator.  Rayzion resigns from his position as Moderator.
• 25 June 2012 - Server's 11,000th ban is given to  ludenduden by Admin  Machines_Are_Us.

July

• 4 July 2012 -  Rizual,  HeavyWeaponsOrk,  BadSyntax,  Charlesbaechler and  ModernMyth7 are all demoted to regular players due to inactivity, following a staff review two weeks previously.  Acsidol demoted to a regular player due to poor overall 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 promoted to Moderator.
• 27 July 2012 -  captbunzo is demoted to regular player. Admins  Drathus42,  Machines_Are_Us,  shypixel and  Krenath resign, citing various reasons.
• 28 July 2012 -  gabzwithabz resigns from his position as 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 resigns from his position as 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 resigns from her position as Moderator.
• 15 August 2012 -  MattyQ and  Liastrae promoted to Moderator.
• 16 August 2012 -  winx51 returns to her staff position as 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 is promoted to Moderator.

October

• 02 October 2012 - The map is expanded to the north-west. Shortly after the expansion,  SlowRiot discovers Freedonia's first desert temple in the newly generated area.
• 18 October 2012 - The server's 12,000th ban is given to  Hanzzer for grief and spam, by  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 are all promoted to Admin.

December

• 11 December 2012 -  jonathanpanda,  skybirdthing,  wtfrenchtoast41 and  xArches promoted to 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, active developer of Canary, promoted to Moderator.
• 22 January 2013 -  Liastrae resigns from 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 returns after being MIA under mysterious circumstances. Claims she was abducted by aliens.
• 15 February 2013 - Server's 13000th ban is  skatertim2000, for wool and glowstone grief. Banned by  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 steps down as 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, banned by  gardy64 for breaking a beacon at Spawn.

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

April

• 13 April 2013 - Server owner  SlowRiot celebrates his birthday on the server. Everyone at spawn suddenly get super jumping powers, causing massive injury and death to the participants. Superpowers are overrated.
• 13 April 2013 - Users  TEllins,  thesprazzler (on his birthday!),  TheDarkrai85,  crystalriver and  Excalibur_NUMNUM are promoted to Moderator. As  thesprazzler and  crystalriver are siblings, this makes the first ever brother/sister promotion.
• 24 April 2013 - Moderators  14mRh4X0r and  dorn284 are promoted to 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 and  tindwcel promoted to Moderator.
• 30 May 2013 -  Violet_Apathy promoted to Moderator.

June

• 25 June 2013 - Server's 15,000th ban is  MrStarch123, banned by  SlowRiot as a confirmed alt of the infamous  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 promoted to Admin, and  PassiveFriendly promoted to Moderator.

December

• 3 December 2013 -  SnappyMuppetman promoted to Moderator via impromptu IRC interruption by  SlowRiot.

2014

January

• 3 January 2014 -  TheMightyCheeze,  bubba_basti and  Simmuel resign from their Moderator positions.

February

• 13 February 2014 -  Kayla93 promoted to Moderator in the middle of some IRC chatter by  SlowRiot
• 22 February 2014 -  theschlozmeister promoted to Moderator by  SlowRiot in IRC.

April

• 3 April 2014 -  imaMIN0R and  samoroth demoted due to extended absence.

May

• 5 May 2014 - As a result of  Blobehh's abject boredom,  de2354 and  Anna_28 are promoted to Moderator and  werdnaz is promoted to Admin.
• 30 May 2014 - After offering to help  SlowRiot manage the IRC bot,  TheDarkrai85 is promoted to Admin.

June

• 18 June 2014 -  techkid6 promoted to Admin on his staff anniversary.
• 26 June 2014 -  Menmeth promoted to Moderator while being afk.

July

• 14 July 2014 -  fthtjyjy promoted to Moderator.
• 28 July 2014 -  twinchicken86 promoted to Moderator.

September

• 5 September 2014 - Staff clean out!  TBSliver,  Quizlibet,  GodlyCheeze,  Bigred999,  gardy64,  TheSuicideBooth and  skybirdthing demoted to regular players due to inactivity.  Pieapple42 was promoted to Moderator and  Kiatarie returns to her staff position.
• 6 September 2014 -  supertec is promoted after some IRC chat with slowriot and took him several minutes to realize it had even happened.
• 9 September 2014 -  jimmyd93 promoted to Moderator (for the second time) during some IRC chat.
• 13 September 2014 -  bubba_basti returns to his staff position.
• 16 September 2014 -  ardoom1 promoted to Moderator.

October

• 3 October 2014 -  crystalriver demoted due to inactivity.
• 18 October 2014 - 16,000 ban was  hopesfall23 for ban evasion. Banned by  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 resigns due to server concerns.

December

• 25 December 2014 -  SpeedSter promoted to Moderator on Christmas day.

2015

January

• 7 January 2015 -  Waterboy0048 promoted to Moderator.
• 9 January 2015 -  TEllins resigns from her Moderator position.
• 21 January 2015 -  SnappyMuppetman promoted from Moderator to Admin.
• 26 January 2015 -  benhunter09 makes the 1000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/.

February

• 20 February 2015 -  bubba_basti was demoted from his Moderator position.
• 23 February 2015 -  nambortex and  Draglide12 both promoted to Moderator.

March

• 3 March 2015 -  darkdiplomat and  Prince__Valiant are both promoted to Moderator.
• 4 March 2015 -  jimmyd93 was promoted from Moderator to Admin.
• 12 March 2015 - The Steve Police make a return.

April

• 1 April 2015 - The Great Rollback of 2015.
• 22 April 2015 -  feb1980 promoted to Moderator.

May

• 2 May 2015 -  Zomon333 promoted to Moderator.
• 29 May 2015 -  BryBer and  Zen_Fighter are promoted to Moderator.

June

• 13 June 2015 - 17,000th ban was  _YoloSkillzAye_. Banned by  TheDarkrai85.
• 22 June 2015 - A Blue Monday where  PietElite,  copbot1001,  reaxion,  Draco297 and  DarterSwiftblade are all promoted to Moderators.
• 23 June 2015 -  La_Peep and  Reseres are promoted to Moderators.
• 24 June 2015 -  zmdudeman promoted to Moderator.
• 26 June 2015 -  Eilidh23 promoted to Moderator.

July

• 3 July 2015 -  OiTrows is promoted to Moderator.
• 5 July 2015 -  copbot1001 resigns and  Krenath is promoted back to Admin.
• 27 July 2015 -  tylergz is promoted to Moderator.

August

• 25 August 2015 -  Ted1246 and  Xyginator are promoted to Moderators.

September

• 1 September 2015 -  PoppySeedMuffins is promoted to Moderator.
• 10 September 2015 -  Jmancino2 is promoted to Moderator.
• 22 September 2015 -  Smudja is promoted to Moderator.

December

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

2016

January

• 21 January 2016 -  Super_Ender and  200xth are promoted to Moderator.  skybirdthing is also promoted back to Moderator.
• 26 January 2016 -  Anna_28 and  darkdiplomat are promoted from Moderator to Admin.

February

• 18 February 2016 -  JZTech101 makes the 3000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/.

June

• 1 June 2016 - Ongoing. TheCampingRusher posts videos on YouTube about a younger "oldest server in Minecraft" anarchy server, without posting the server address. Many users search for and find MinecraftOnline instead
• 14 June 2016 -  thesprazzler strikes the 18000th ban, banning  ExplodingCake_22 for spam.
• 23 June 2016 -  PaceMouske makes the 4000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/.

July

• 20 July 2016 -  Bowbee and  DavyBhoy are promoted to Moderator.
• 21 July 2016 -  200xth finds themselves demoted and banned after their account is compromised and bad things are done on it.
• 21 July 2016 -  EpicKittyXP is promoted to Moderator.

September

• 19 September 2016 -  200xth is unbanned, and repromoted to 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 and  treepuncher755 are promoted to Moderator.

February

• 13 February 2017 -  Star_Blade and  LewisD95 are promoted to Moderator.
• 14 February 2017 -  Ellen124 resigns from her 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.
• 2 April 2017 - The previous 68 new Moderators are now normal users again.
• 2 April 2017 - The /votemod command is removed.
• 8 April 2017 -  Inspector_Foix is promoted to Moderator.
• 24 April 2017 -  aggrievedCanine is promoted to Moderator.

May

• 13 May 2017 - Server's 20,000th ban is  MythicalMark (banned by  Krenath).

July

• 14 July 2017 -  Mauzer makes a video about the server. First Russian Invasion.
• 14 July 2017 -  Chewy27_,  TheCubester and  ScarClaw72 are promoted to Moderator.
• 15 July 2017 -  KevinGriffioen and  Distase are promoted to Moderator.
• 15 July 2017 - Server's 21,000th ban is  TTE4EHbKA1337 (banned by  Chewy27_).

August

• 1 August 2017 -  twinchicken86 resigns from 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.
• 28 August 2017 - 22,000th ban was  ImMattLmao (banned by  ScarClaw72)

September

• 11 September 2017 -  Wulf_359 is promoted to Moderator.
• 16 September 2017 -  Anna_28 makes the 7000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

October

• 11 October 2017 -  treepuncher755 resigns from Moderator position.

November

• 19 November 2017 -  treepuncher755 returns to Moderator position.
• 20 November 2017 - YouTube channel StudioMoonTV ( MoonIsMyCity) griefs the server and uploads a video. First wave of Chezhia and Slovakia invasion
• 22 November 2017 - YouTube channel MaTTem griefs the server on multiple alt accounts and uploads a video. Second wave of Chezhia and Slovakia invasion
• 26 November 2017 - Server's 23,000th ban was  Adorendo (banned by  SailBird)
• 30 November 2017 -  _deckard is promoted to Moderator

December

• 1 December 2017 -  ickyacky and  DragonsTail are promoted to Moderator
• 7 December 2017 -  witchy1000 is promoted to Moderator
• 16 December 2017 -  feb1980 is demoted to a regular player

2018

January

• 2 January 2018 -  ickyacky and  bawestman are announced as winners of the 2018 Holiday Building Competition with 1st and 2nd place respectively.
• 4 January 2018 - Server's 24,000th ban was  bane2004yo (banned by  ickyacky)
• 20 January 2018  Heijmanboy makes the 8000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

February

• 11 February 2018 -  SpeedSter resigns from Moderator position.
• 26 February 2018 -  200xth is demoted to a regular player.

March

• 8 March 2018 - Server's 25,000th ban was  russianator2509 (banned by  ickyacky)

April

• 1 April 2018 - The /votemod command returns and 99 new Moderators are voted by the community.
• 2 April 2018 - The /votemod command is removed.
• 2 April 2018 - All but two of the voted Moderators are normal players again.  doublehelix457 and  bawestman are now Moderators.

May

• 4 May 2018 -  Anna_28 makes the 9000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

June

• 16 June 2018 - 26,000th ban was  EliTheDonut (banned by  jimmyd93)

July

• 27 July 2018 -  mk59apr promoted to 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.
• 5 August 2018 -  Rufas makes the 10000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
• 7 August 2018 - 27,000th ban was  ruvim10 banned by  14mRh4X0r: Broke a light pressure plate in the Black Pearl Casino (log check)
• 9 August 2018 - The server gets blacklisted by Mojang
• 11 August 2018 -  SailBird resigns from Moderator due to personal reasons.
• 20 August 2018 - The server is removed from the Mojang blacklist.

October

• 6 October 2018 -  GhostPanther makes the 11000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

• 15 October 2018 -  Ledoyom promoted to Moderator.

November

• 26 November 2018 -  ickyacky resigns from Moderator position due to disagreement with the Admin-team.
• 26 November 2018 -  Bowbee resigns from Moderator position due to personal reasons.
• 29 November 2018 - 28,000th ban was  ilnur_damaev (banned by  Anna_28: griefing outside of nexus central)

December

• 11 December 2018 -  BiSaXa makes the 12000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/

2019

February

• 25 February 2019 -  Hirudo6 promoted to Moderator.
• 27 February 2019 -  Paladin_Heihachi promoted to Moderator.

March

• 2 March 2019 - Server's 29,000th ban is  Gekko105 (banned by  Ted1246).
• 11 March 2019 -  bloo_noodle promoted to 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.
• 3 April 2019 - All but two of the voted Moderators are normal players again.  76x and  tyhdefu are now Moderators.
• 12 April 2019 -  Nerkin_ makes a video about the server. Second Russian Invasion.

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

• 3 June 2019 - Server's 30,000th ban is  CrafterGaymerYT (banned by  jimmyd93).
• 4 June 2019 -  Unkle_Genny and  ReverseDmitry promoted to Moderator.
• 5 June 2019 -  WaffleNomster promoted to Moderator.
• 14 June 2019 -  ickyacky returns to her Moderator position.
• 14 June 2019 -  76x is demoted from Moderator to normal user and banned from the server for ban evasion.