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"I'll play here after all. I can't find any other server that isn't corrupt or retarded" -getplayerhead.sh?b203057f-7617-4a9c-a0f1-71226f792935&16.png 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 major server events and milestones. For other community events, see the Community Timeline.


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 - bringing with it, the first public release of survival multiplayer.
  • 4 August 2010 - MinecraftOnline.com registered [1], and the server is created on Hemingway by getplayerhead.sh?SlowRiot&16.png SlowRiot, who makes himself, and getplayerhead.sh?RuneChan&16.png RuneChan Admins. Runechan then creates Freedonia and approves it. The server then 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 - getplayerhead.sh?19d879cb-69e7-4c29-8430-28452e0e2a12&16.png Flippeh, getplayerhead.sh?Rizual&16.png Rizual and getplayerhead.sh?whogotmynick&16.png whogotmynick are promoted to the server's first Moderator positions.
  • 8 August 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?Tommyx50&16.png Tommyx50 is promoted to Moderator.
  • 9 August 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?Minarr&16.png Minarr is promoted to 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 - getplayerhead.sh?19d879cb-69e7-4c29-8430-28452e0e2a12&16.png Flippeh is promoted to Admin.
  • 13 August 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?xeroremorse&16.png xeroremorse and getplayerhead.sh?BoonTheMoon&16.png BoonTheMoon are promoted to Moderator.
  • 15 August 2010 - IRC channel #minecraftonline created. getplayerhead.sh?19d879cb-69e7-4c29-8430-28452e0e2a12&16.png Flippeh is first to join: "Mhhh, the smell of a fresh IRC channel"
  • 19 August 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?8a154e9c-6cb4-4409-bcac-666e47b07873&16.png Dokie_Okie and getplayerhead.sh?e17d9c85-2f7f-4ef0-b40f-534e2feb4ca5&16.png Carnaugh are promoted to Moderator.
  • 22 August 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?Minarr&16.png Minarr is demoted to ordinary user following abuse of item spawning.
  • 22 August 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?Tinowyn&16.png Tinowyn is promoted to Moderator.

September

  • 1 September 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?Hellstar&16.png Hellstar and getplayerhead.sh?9663ac7f-b056-414d-8e66-1f7786aaa35a&16.png darkthief101 are promoted to Moderator.
  • 2 September 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?TBSliver&16.png TBSliver is promoted to Moderator.
  • 4 September 2010 - 1000th unique player connects to the server.
  • 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 - getplayerhead.sh?bastetfurry&16.png bastetfurry is promoted to Moderator.
  • 28 September 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?Dommys&16.png Dommys is promoted to Moderator.
  • 29 September 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?nickcwly&16.png nickcwly is promoted to Moderator. getplayerhead.sh?9663ac7f-b056-414d-8e66-1f7786aaa35a&16.png darkthief101 is demoted to ordinary user following an incident of abuse of the Modstick.

October

  • 2 October 2010 - Server's 100th ban (player getplayerhead.sh?demon1227&16.png demon1227).
  • 2 October 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?XeroXer&16.png XeroXer is promoted to Moderator.
  • 10 October 2010 - getplayerhead.sh?Arctos13&16.png Arctos13 and getplayerhead.sh?chivalrousWeasel&16.png chivalrousWeasel are promoted to 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

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 - getplayerhead.sh?bastetfurry&16.png bastetfurry is 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 - getplayerhead.sh?shobble&16.png shobble is promoted to Moderator.
  • 10 February 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?shobble&16.png shobble is promoted to Admin.
  • 11 February 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?Acsidol&16.png Acsidol is 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 getplayerhead.sh?SlowRiot&16.png SlowRiot.
  • 20 February 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?Tayron&16.png Tayron is promoted to 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

April

  • 1 April 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.4 update released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.
  • 1 April 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?Zymes&16.png Zymes is promoted to 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 getplayerhead.sh?4dfa849c-2767-4adf-9f3b-c3498ccbd9c4&16.png Yaominghu was banned by getplayerhead.sh?chivalrousWeasel&16.png chivalrousWeasel.
  • 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 - getplayerhead.sh?AgentMuu&16.png AgentMuu and getplayerhead.sh?imaMINOR&16.png imaMINOR are promoted to 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 - getplayerhead.sh?SavageClown&16.png SavageClown is demoted to ordinary user as it was felt he no longer represented the server appropriately.
  • 30 April 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?lacrosse1991&16.png lacrosse1991 and getplayerhead.sh?Krenath&16.png Krenath are promoted to Admins.

May

The first expedition party enters the Nether portal.

June

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 - getplayerhead.sh?6e147b7f-5f19-4617-97db-6327353659aa&16.png Machines_Are_Us is promoted to Moderator.
Cake party on Freedonia's first birthday

August

September

  • 9 September 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.8 pre-released. Nothing happens.
  • 10 September 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?Drathus42&16.png Drathus42 and getplayerhead.sh?KingOfCheeseLand&16.png KingOfCheeseLand are promoted to Moderator.
  • 13 September 2011 - Server's 7000th ban (player getplayerhead.sh?e7e96106-3fc1-4815-98fa-d3945293acb5&16.png pacmanbuum).
  • 14 September 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.8 officially released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.
  • 20 September 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?ToneDial&16.png ToneDial resigns his Admin position due to real-life commitments.
  • 26 September 2011 - getplayerhead.sh?AgentMuu&16.png AgentMuu, getplayerhead.sh?Edessa&16.png Edessa and getplayerhead.sh?guyed&16.png guyed are promoted to Admin.
  • 28 September 2011 - MCO upgrades to Beta 1.8.1. Celebrations!

October

November

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 18 km border and 1.0 expansion areas at the east and south, and the eventual unification 24 km border planned.

December

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 January 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?captbunzo&16.png captbunzo is promoted to Moderator.
  • 9 January 2012 - First experimental broadcast by MinecraftOnline Radio (MCOR).
  • 10 January 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?jimmyd93&16.png jimmyd93 is demoted to ordinary player as per his request, following The night of BHS minecraft shenanigans
  • 10 January 2012 - MCOR given an experimental web front-end, http://minecraftonline.com/radio
  • 12 January 2012 - Minecraft updated to 1.1. MinecraftOnline held back pending a Canary update.
  • 15 January 2012 - MinecraftOnline upgraded to 1.1, with Canary Crow 4.4.10, 2nd rebuild.
  • 17 January 2012 - The border is permitted to expand with a new 9 km diameter area opening centered on the eastern (formerly southern) edge of the existing main border.
  • 17 January 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?Enjoku&16.png Enjoku is promoted to Moderator.
  • 25 January 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?gabzwithabz&16.png gabzwithabz is promoted to Moderator.
  • 25 January 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

March

  • 01 March 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?stromhurst&16.png stromhurst is 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.
  • 11 March 2012 - The border was expanded the third time adding vast area of ocean in north-east part.
  • 16-17 March 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?707hero12&16.png 707hero12 and getplayerhead.sh?Zen_Fighter&16.png Zen_Fighter host the St Patrick's Day Party.
  • 17 March 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?Drathus42&16.png Drathus42, getplayerhead.sh?captbunzo&16.png captbunzo and getplayerhead.sh?FlyingJellyfish&16.png FlyingJellyfish are promoted to Admin status. Contrary to rumour this was not the result of excessive Saint Patrick's Day drinking on the part of getplayerhead.sh?SlowRiot&16.png SlowRiot.

April

  • 13 April 2012 - On the occasion of his birthday, a statue of getplayerhead.sh?SlowRiot&16.png SlowRiot replaced that of getplayerhead.sh?Flippeh&16.png Flippeh for the day, complete with a pimpin hat by getplayerhead.sh?Palindrome7&16.png Palindrome7. Rumour has it he was seen doing a rather Flemmish dance!
  • 16 April 2012 - Server's 10,000th ban is getplayerhead.sh?NoobSlayer117&16.png NoobSlayer117 (banned by getplayerhead.sh?gabzwithabz&16.png 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

June

July

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 - getplayerhead.sh?winx51&16.png winx51 resigns from her position as Moderator.
  • 15 August 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?MattyQ&16.png MattyQ and getplayerhead.sh?Liastrae&16.png Liastrae are promoted to Moderator.
  • 16 August 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?winx51&16.png 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. Freedonia got expansion in north-west direction.
  • 30 September 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?Rufas&16.png Rufas is promoted to Moderator.

October

  • 1 October 2012 - getplayerhead.sh?Thonykidd&16.png Thonykidd is demoted to regular player.
  • 02 October 2012 - The map is expanded to the north-west. Shortly after the expansion, getplayerhead.sh?SlowRiot&16.png SlowRiot discovers Freedonia's first desert temple in the newly generated area.
  • 18 October 2012 - The server's 12,000th ban is given to getplayerhead.sh?Hanzzer&16.png Hanzzer for grief and spam, by getplayerhead.sh?techkid6&16.png 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]
  • 16 November 2012 - 5000 player's homes were set in Freedonia.
  • 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 - getplayerhead.sh?fmxstick&16.png fmxstick, getplayerhead.sh?Lothendal&16.png Lothendal, getplayerhead.sh?MattyQ&16.png MattyQ, getplayerhead.sh?nosefish&16.png nosefish, getplayerhead.sh?Palindrome7&16.png Palindrome7, getplayerhead.sh?rtkwe&16.png rtkwe, getplayerhead.sh?The_Jackal_249&16.png The_Jackal_249 are all promoted to Admin.

December

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 - getplayerhead.sh?14mRh4X0r&16.png 14mRh4X0r, active developer of Canary and former developer of hMod, is promoted to Moderator.
  • 22 January 2013 - getplayerhead.sh?Liastrae&16.png 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 - getplayerhead.sh?zfleming1&16.png zfleming1 returns after being MIA under mysterious circumstances. Claims she was abducted by aliens.
  • 15 February 2013 - Server's 13,000th ban is getplayerhead.sh?skatertim2000&16.png skatertim2000, for wool and glowstone grief. Banned by getplayerhead.sh?mobster_ie&16.png mobster_ie.
  • 20 February 2013 - It is now possible to collect Player Heads in PvP.

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 - getplayerhead.sh?AgentMuu&16.png 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 getplayerhead.sh?MetricRICHARD&16.png MetricRICHARD, banned by getplayerhead.sh?gardy64&16.png gardy64 for breaking a beacon at Spawn.
April border expansion, only partially explored two and a half weeks later

April

May

June

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

December

2014

January

February

April

May

June

July

September

October

  • 3 October 2014 - getplayerhead.sh?crystalriver&16.png crystalriver is demoted due to inactivity.
  • 18 October 2014 - 16,000 ban was getplayerhead.sh?hopesfall23&16.png hopesfall23 for ban evasion. Banned by getplayerhead.sh?xArches&16.png xArches.
  • 18 October 2014 - Server updated to 1.7.10 after a very long wait. MCO would not recieve anymore updates until 3 April 2021, or over 6 years later.
  • 18 October 2014 - Server migrated from Renegade to Ruthless.
  • 25 October 2014 - South expansion with 4,5 km radius appears on the south edge of Freedonia.

November

  • ? November 2014 - South expansion bubble becomes even bigger, covering all south part of old border.
  • 22 November 2014 - getplayerhead.sh?Menmeth&16.png Menmeth resigns due to server concerns.

December

2015

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

December

  • 9 December 2015 - getplayerhead.sh?Pyker&16.png Pyker is promoted to Moderator, being the first promoted via the Telegram group.

2016

January

February

June

July

  • 20 July 2016 - getplayerhead.sh?Bowbee&16.png Bowbee and getplayerhead.sh?DavyBhoy&16.png DavyBhoy are promoted to Moderator.
  • 21 July 2016 - getplayerhead.sh?200xth&16.png 200xth finds themselves demoted and banned after their account is compromised and bad things are done on it.
  • 21 July 2016 - getplayerhead.sh?EpicKittyXP&16.png EpicKittyXP is promoted to Moderator.
  • 30 July 2016 - New bubble expansion was added to the south with 6 km radius.

September

  • 19 September 2016 - getplayerhead.sh?200xth&16.png 200xth is unbanned, and repromoted to Moderator, their account is once again safe in their hands.

November

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

2017

January

February

March

  • 29 March 2017 - 10,000 player's homes were set in Freedonia.

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 - getplayerhead.sh?Inspector_Foix&16.png Inspector_Foix is promoted to Moderator.
  • 24 April 2017 - getplayerhead.sh?aggrievedCanine&16.png aggrievedCanine is promoted to Moderator.

May

July

August

  • 1 August 2017 - getplayerhead.sh?twinchicken86&16.png 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.
  • 15 August 2017 - getplayerhead.sh?Anna_28&16.png Anna_28 gives reputation cookies a custom name and custom lore, allowing cookies to be tied to specific users.
  • 28 August 2017 - 22,000th ban was getplayerhead.sh?ImMattLmao&16.png ImMattLmao (banned by getplayerhead.sh?ScarClaw72&16.png ScarClaw72)

September

October

November

  • 19 November 2017 - getplayerhead.sh?treepuncher755&16.png treepuncher755 returns to his Moderator position.
  • 20 November 2017 - YouTube channel StudioMoonTV (getplayerhead.sh?MoonIsMyCity&16.png MoonIsMyCity) griefs the server and uploads a video. First wave of Czechia and Slovakia invasion
  • 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 getplayerhead.sh?Adorendo&16.png Adorendo (banned by getplayerhead.sh?SailBird&16.png SailBird)
  • 30 November 2017 - getplayerhead.sh?_deckard&16.png _deckard is promoted to Moderator

December

2018

January

February

  • 11 February 2018 - getplayerhead.sh?SpeedSter&16.png SpeedSter resigns from Moderator position.
  • 26 February 2018 - getplayerhead.sh?200xth&16.png 200xth is demoted to a regular player.

March

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. getplayerhead.sh?doublehelix457&16.png doublehelix457 and getplayerhead.sh?bawestman&16.png bawestman are now Moderators.

May

June

July

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 - getplayerhead.sh?Rufas&16.png Rufas makes the 10,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
  • 7 August 2018 - 27,000th ban was getplayerhead.sh?ruvim10&16.png ruvim10 banned by getplayerhead.sh?14mRh4X0r&16.png 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 - getplayerhead.sh?SailBird&16.png SailBird resigns from Moderator due to personal reasons.
  • 20 August 2018 - The server is removed from the Mojang blacklist.

September

  • 15 September 2018 - 15,000 player's homes were set in Freedonia.

October

November

  • 26 November 2018 - getplayerhead.sh?ickyacky&16.png ickyacky resigns from Moderator position due to personal reasons.
  • 26 November 2018 - getplayerhead.sh?Bowbee&16.png Bowbee resigns from Moderator position due to personal reasons.
  • 29 November 2018 - 28,000th ban was getplayerhead.sh?ilnur_damaev&16.png ilnur_damaev (banned by getplayerhead.sh?Anna_28&16.png Anna_28: griefing outside of nexus central)

December

2019

January

  • 3 January 2019 - Server hits 150,000 unique players.

February

March

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. getplayerhead.sh?76x&16.png 76x and getplayerhead.sh?tyhdefu&16.png tyhdefu are now Moderators.
  • 12 April 2019 - getplayerhead.sh?Nerkin_&16.png 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

July

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.
  • 4 August 2019 - getplayerhead.sh?doublehelix457&16.png doublehelix457 and getplayerhead.sh?Ted1246&16.png Ted1246 are promoted to Admin.
  • 7 August 2019 - getplayerhead.sh?Ted1246&16.png Ted1246 makes the 31,000th ban, smashing the banhammer down on getplayerhead.sh?Funkoboy&16.png Funkoboy.
  • 14 August 2019 - getplayerhead.sh?Draglide12&16.png Draglide12 is demoted to a regular player.
  • 31 August 2019 - getplayerhead.sh?TheDemetri&16.png TheDemetri is promoted to Moderator.

September

October

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

November

December

2020

January

  • 1 January 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?Star_Blade&16.png Star_Blade returns to his staff position.
  • 2 January 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?MSup&16.png MSup and getplayerhead.sh?VonRiessfeld&16.png VonRiessfeld are promoted to Moderator.
  • 7 January 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?Void42_&16.png Void42_ is promoted to Moderator.
  • 8 January 2020 - Ruthless II (MCO host server) went down for 8 hours, because getplayerhead.sh?SlowRiot&16.png SlowRiot forgot to pay for it, which later became a meme for every MCO crushing or restarting.
  • 24 January 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?WaffleNomster&16.png WaffleNomster makes the 34,000th ban, squishing getplayerhead.sh?qteks&16.png qteks with his hammer in the process.
  • 26 January 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?Axilie&16.png Axilie is demoted from Moderator to normal user and banned for exploitation of a duplication glitch.
  • 26 January 2020 - 2b2t YouTuber getplayerhead.sh?SalC1&16.png SalC1 made a video on Freedonia about MinecraftOnline on 30 January 2017. YouTube's algorithm recommends it to everyone again three years later, bringing an invasion of many griefers and tourists. This invasion is dubbed the SalC1 Invasion.
  • 26 January 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?Netrom5&16.png Netrom5 is promoted to Moderator during the SalC1 Invasion.
  • 31 January 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?watertriber&16.png watertriber resigns from his Moderator position.

February

March

  • 12 March 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?Xyginator&16.png Xyginator returns to his staff position.
  • 16 March 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?VonRiessfeld&16.png VonRiessfeld is demoted due to repeated behaviour unbecoming of a Moderator.
  • 16 March 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?Eclypto18&16.png Eclypto18 makes the 35,000th ban, smashing his banhammer down on getplayerhead.sh?Joseph20038&16.png Joseph20038.
  • 17 March 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?winx51&16.png winx51 returns to her Moderator position after a much-needed mental health break.
  • 23 March 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?1Catnip&16.png 1Catnip is promoted to Moderator after the shenanigans in which he was fake promoted for 2 seconds and then proceeded to ban himself.
  • 30 March 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?Vezxin&16.png Vezxin is promoted to 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.
  • 12 April 2020 - Server hits 200,000 unique players.
  • 13 April 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?mk59apr&16.png mk59apr retires from his Moderator position after a year and eight months of service.

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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).
  • 5 August 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?MSup&16.png MSup makes the 26,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
  • 5 August 2020 - getplayerhead.sh?WideEyedBass&16.png WideEyedBass resigns from his Moderator position.

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2021

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April

  • 1 April 2021 - The Endsurrection Event reaches its peak as Ender Lord Flippeh's attempt to merge the overworld with the end is thwarted.
  • 1 April 2021 - The server is temporarily migrated to a Vanilla 1.12.2 version with anarchy and map reset.
  • 3 April 2021 - The world is reverted to a normal one for the 1.12.2 update.
  • 3 April 2021 - Finally, after 6 years, 5 months and 15 days, MinecraftOnline is updated from 1.7.10 to 1.12.2! The server reached over 100 players, with the TPS going haywire; truly a chaotic day.
  • 3 April 2021 - Ban count drops from ~41300 to ~38400 due to the ban system becoming UUID-based. The first ban in 1.12.2 was getplayerhead.sh?decoder10&16.png decoder10, who also ended up being the first unban as well.
  • 3 April 2021 - Freedonia's End dimension is reset with the 1.12.2 update. The main island becomes a staff-governed area that is for dragon fighting and not building. The outer islands become free-build areas. Parts of the old End dimension are planned to be moved elsewhere in the new End.
  • 4 April 2021 - Server hits the player cap of 120 players for the second time in its history, a year after the first one.
  • 11 April 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?SanityBGon&16.png SanityBGon is promoted to Moderator. getplayerhead.sh?ScarClaw72&16.png ScarClaw72 also returns to his moderator position.
  • 22 April 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?RobotReaction&16.png RobotReaction is promoted to Moderator.
  • 23 April 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?Glow90&16.png Glow90 and getplayerhead.sh?4untochrist&16.png 4untochrist are promoted to Moderator.

May

  • 7 May 2021 - The beginning of a new wave of Blue! getplayerhead.sh?Nuboso358&16.png Nuboso358, getplayerhead.sh?NevadaDream&16.png NevadaDream, getplayerhead.sh?Freskooo&16.png Freskooo and getplayerhead.sh?_Daata&16.png _Daata are promoted to Moderator.
  • 8 May 2021 - The Blue Wave continues! getplayerhead.sh?EastDakota&16.png EastDakota is promoted to Moderator.
  • 10 May 2021 - It's happened yet again! getplayerhead.sh?warrior_three&16.png warrior_three is promoted to Moderator.
  • 11 May 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?_Daata&16.png _Daata makes the 39,000th (post-update) ban, blowing away getplayerhead.sh?meqfs&16.png meqfs with his bancannon.
  • 17 May 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?_Daata&16.png _Daata is demoted from his Moderator position for overstepping his boundaries as a Moderator.
  • 18 May 2021 - 25,000 players' homes were set in Freedonia.
  • 20 May 2021 - The epic blue wave returns! getplayerhead.sh?jriver_15&16.png jriver_15 is promoted to Moderator.
  • ?? May 2021 - Water no longer destroys torches and other partial blocks. (Server feature)
  • 22 May 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?yourshadowdr&16.png yourshadowdr resigns from their Moderator position for personal reasons.
  • 29 May 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?ibxtoydog&16.png ibxtoydog resigns from her Moderator position for personal reasons.

June

July

  • 4 July 2021 - MinecraftOnline shifts to a temporary Minecraft 1.16.5 server to let players explore and enjoy Holidonia for a much-needed Staff holiday, with a temporarily much-reduced set of rules. This also makes it much easier for the Staff Team to relax, and to perform maintenance on Republic's systems which is difficult to perform while the main server is running on Freedonia.
  • 4 July 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?sm0ney5&16.png sm0ney5 is the first ever player to join Holidonia.
  • 21 July 2021 getplayerhead.sh?LordOfTheShadows&16.png LordOfTheShadows makes the 40,000th ban, decimating getplayerhead.sh?Clo_gang&16.png Clo_gang in the process.

August

  • 4 August 2021 - MinecraftOnline turns 11 years old! The /store command is introduced. Hourly gifts give special birthday items and the /spawn command creates fireworks while giving useful potion effects or cake.
  • 4 August 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?Hirudo6&16.png Hirudo6 becomes the first player to purchase a kit with the /store command.
  • 7 August 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?TurtleCobra&16.png TurtleCobra is promoted to Moderator.
  • 10 August 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?Darkerfly&16.png Darkerfly makes the 41,000th ban, banning getplayerhead.sh?Alonig&16.png Alonig in the process.
  • 13 August 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?BenPotter8&16.png BenPotter8 is promoted back to Moderator.
  • 22 August 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?oopsJay&16.png oopsJay is promoted to Moderator.
  • 25 August 2021 - Freedonia expands receiving the largest amount of new 1.12.2 terrain its history, new structures, and the map becomes a full circle again!
  • 25 August 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?r9q&16.png r9q lights the first naturally spawned end portal.

September

October

November

  • 2 November 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?Netrom5&16.png Netrom5 is promoted back to Moderator.
  • 11 November 2021 - Server hits the player cap of 120 players for the third time in its history during the ZetaSSJ Invasion.
  • 12 November 2021 - Server hits 250,000 unique players.
  • 27 November 2021 - Donor II is introduced.

December

  • 9 December 2021 - Log4Shell 0-day exploit discovered. MinecraftOnline goes offline for several hours to patch the issue.
  • 29 December 2021 - getplayerhead.sh?Daltalf&16.png Daltalf is promoted to Moderator.

2022

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  • 3 July 2022 - 30,000 players' homes were set in Freedonia.
  • 12 July 2022 - getplayerhead.sh?snthy&16.png snthy resigns from his Moderator position.
  • 21 July 2022 - getplayerhead.sh?snthy&16.png snthy returns to his Moderator position.

August

September

  • 30 September 2022 - Server hits the player cap of 120 players for the fourth time in its history due to a technical attack. The relay bot was updated to stack player logs to avoid exceeding rate limit as a result.

October

  • 12 October 2022 - getplayerhead.sh?snthy&16.png snthy resigns from his Moderator position for personal reasons.
  • 21 October 2022 - Delta City Disaster dungeon was launched with new zombies and special Halloween mobs and drops.

November

  • 5 November 2022 - getplayerhead.sh?EastDakota&16.png EastDakota is demoted to a regular player.
  • 22 November 2022 - MCO reached 100,000 votes at minecraft-server-list.com. getplayerhead.sh?Turi5&16.png Turi5 made the last click.
  • 25 November 2022 - The server has a Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale where all Donor levels are 25% off.

2023

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November

  • 24 November 2023 - Donor IV is introduced. The server has a Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale where all Donor levels are 25% off.

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May

  • 8 May 2024 - getplayerhead.sh?Teaacup&16.png Teaacup and getplayerhead.sh?Hornacious&16.png Hornacious resign from Moderator citing a desire to focus on University, and a lack of time to moderate, respectively.
  • 13 May 2024 - Server hits 50,000 bans, getplayerhead.sh?YouItemMeItem&16.png YouItemMeItem experiences the wrath of the banhammer.
  • 30 May 2024 - Server hits 300,000 unique players.

June

July

August

  • 4 August 2024 - MCO 14th Birthday. Games of Pigchinko, Spleef and TNT Run are played, hourly gifts give special birthday items, and fishing in Spawn could give Birthday Cake.
  • 4 August 2024 - Anti-Phish are now available to be caught from fishing.

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October