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"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 major server events and milestones. For other community events, see the Community Timeline.
Timeline
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 SlowRiot, who makes himself, and 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 - Flippeh, Rizual and whogotmynick are promoted to the server's first Moderator positions.
- 8 August 2010 - Tommyx50 is promoted to Moderator.
- 9 August 2010 - 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 - Flippeh is promoted to Admin.
- 13 August 2010 - xeroremorse and BoonTheMoon are 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 are promoted to Moderator.
- 22 August 2010 - Minarr is demoted to ordinary user following abuse of item spawning.
- 22 August 2010 - Tinowyn is promoted to Moderator.
September
- 1 September 2010 - Hellstar and darkthief101 are promoted to Moderator.
- 2 September 2010 - 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 - bastetfurry is promoted to Moderator.
- 28 September 2010 - Dommys is promoted to Moderator.
- 29 September 2010 - nickcwly is promoted to Moderator. darkthief101 is demoted to ordinary user following an incident of abuse of the Modstick.
October
- 2 October 2010 - Server's 100th ban (player demon1227).
- 2 October 2010 - XeroXer is promoted to Moderator.
- 10 October 2010 - Arctos13 and 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
- 2 November 2010 - MCO updated to Alpha 1.2.0
- 6 November 2010 - Tommyx50 is demoted to ordinary user.
- 7 November 2010 - At0m1Ca15 is promoted to Moderator.
- 10 November 2010 - ToneDial is promoted to Moderator.
- 18 November 2010 - ampqre is promoted to 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 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 - shobble is promoted to Moderator.
- 10 February 2011 - shobble is promoted to Admin.
- 11 February 2011 - 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 SlowRiot.
- 20 February 2011 - 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
- ? March 2011 - Borderlands plugin was enabled and the first circular border of Freedonia was created with an 18 km diameter.
- 3 March 2011 - ToneDial and chivalrousWeasel are promoted to Admin.
- 3 March 2011 - Causeless (formerly Tommyx50) is promoted to Moderator for the second time.
- 7 March 2011 - Pianoman, BaygullATL and SavageClown are all promoted to Moderator.
- 15 March 2011 - Server's 1000th ban was a SlowRiot's logcheck ban of Caposasso, who was unbanned few minutes later, and player AlotaFagina was banned next by newly promoted Pianoman.
- 16 March 2011 - lacrosse1991 promoted to Moderator.
- 17 March 2011 - jlawrence6809 and shypixel are promoted to Moderator.
- 18 March 2011 - TheMightyCheeze is promoted to Moderator.
- 26 March 2011 - Krenath is promoted to Moderator.
April
- 1 April 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.4 update released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.
- 1 April 2011 - 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 Yaominghu was banned by 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 - AgentMuu and 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 - SavageClown is demoted to ordinary user as it was felt he no longer represented the server appropriately.
- 30 April 2011 - lacrosse1991 and Krenath are promoted to Admins.
May
- 5 May 2011 - Quizlibet is promoted to Moderator.
- 11 May 2011 - Server's 3000th ban: player kidshango was banned by newly promoted Quizlibet.
- 15 May 2011 - May Unrest.
- 18 May 2011 - GodlyCheeze and ModernMyth7 are promoted to Moderator.
- 20 May 2011 - BadSyntax and healthyuncle are promoted to Moderator.
- 21 May 2011 - StanDudek and Tank_AUT are 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) made by GodlyCheeze.
- 24 May 2011 - Charlesbaechler and Kiatarie are promoted to Moderator.
- 26 May 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.6 update released. Server kept back awaiting major bugfixes and Canary update.
June
- 4 June 2011 - rtkwe and zfleming1 are promoted to 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 and dorn284 were promoted to 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 is promoted to Moderator.
August
- 3 August 2011 - Server's 6000th ban (player blane88).
- 4 August 2011 - Freedonia celebrates its first birthday with a Cake Party
- 5 August 2011 - AndreyDio is promoted to Moderator by surprise. shypixel is promoted to Admin.
- 8 August 2011 - 30,000th unique player connects to the server.
- 19 August 2011 - Edessa, Shintyx and xxVegasxx are all promoted to Moderator.
- 22 August 2011 - 22/08 Downtime.
- 23 August 2011 - A second server configured for testing and auxiliary services, Pururin, is brought online.
September
- 9 September 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.8 pre-released. Nothing happens.
- 10 September 2011 - Drathus42 and KingOfCheeseLand are promoted to Moderator.
- 13 September 2011 - Server's 7000th ban (player pacmanbuum).
- 14 September 2011 - Minecraft Beta 1.8 officially released. Server kept back awaiting Canary update.
- 20 September 2011 - ToneDial resigns his Admin position due to real-life commitments.
- 26 September 2011 - AgentMuu, Edessa and guyed are promoted to Admin.
- 28 September 2011 - MCO upgrades to Beta 1.8.1. Celebrations!
October
- 17 October 2011 - healthyuncle demoted due to behaviour unbecoming to a Moderator.
November
- 1 November 2011 - Edessa is demoted from an Admin to a normal player.
- 4 November 2011 - Tank_AUT demoted due to behaviour unbecoming to a Moderator.
- 6 November 2011 - Shintyx is demoted from Moderator and banned from the server for grief.
- 7 November 2011 - fmxstick and nosefish are promoted to Moderator.
- 18 November 2011 - werdnaz is promoted to Moderator. It is the official release day of Minecraft 1.0.0 and the end of beta status!
- 22 November 2011 - Google Plus page created: http://gplus.to/MCO
- 24 November 2011 - Ellen124 and FlyingJellyfish are promoted to Moderator, making today the first all-female group promotion.
December
- 5 December 2011 - Craftbook is updated to the latest Canary Crow build, and finally MCO updates to Release 1.0.1.
- 7 December 2011 - The border is permitted to expand with a new 9 km 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 December 2011 - Server's 8000th ban (player tom7300).
- 16 December 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 are all demoted to ordinary players due to inactivity or insufficiently regular activity and lack of performance as Moderators.
- 23 December 2011 - Machines_Are_Us and zfleming1 are promoted to Admin.
- 25 December 2011 - broncoskip, bubba_basti, gardy64, jimmyd93, HeavyWeaponsOrk, nodoka_miyazaki, Palindrome7, samoroth, Thonykidd are all promoted to Moderator by surprise by Riot who may have had a drop to drink.
- 25 December 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 December 2011 - The_Jackal_249 and TheSuicideBooth are promoted to Moderator.
- 28 December 2011 - Bigred999 is promoted to Moderator.
- 31 December 2011 - Rayzion is promoted to Moderator.
2012
January
- 3 January 2012 - captbunzo is promoted to Moderator.
- 9 January 2012 - First experimental broadcast by MinecraftOnline Radio (MCOR).
- 10 January 2012 - 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 - Enjoku is promoted to Moderator.
- 25 January 2012 - 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
- 14 February 2012 - monk30lol Hosts a very interesting Valentines day party at Spawn.
- 15 February 2012 - Server's 9000th ban (player 123ajc123). It went over 9000 with xDugzahh as a ban evasion account for CackleFish.
- 21 February 2012 - The server's 40,000th unique player connects, yakgrr. Party at Spawn with cake. And pigs.
March
- 01 March 2012 - 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 - 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 rumour 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, mobster_ie and ApexVII are all 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 is 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 is 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 are 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. Freedonia got expansion in north-west direction.
- 30 September 2012 - Rufas is promoted to Moderator.
October
- 1 October 2012 - Thonykidd is demoted to regular player.
- 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]
- 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 - fmxstick, Lothendal, MattyQ, nosefish, Palindrome7, rtkwe, The_Jackal_249 are all promoted to Admin.
December
- 11 December 2012 - jonathanpanda, skybirdthing, wtfrenchtoast41 and xArches are all 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 and former developer of hMod, is 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 13,000th ban is skatertim2000, for wool and glowstone grief. Banned by mobster_ie.
- 20 February 2013 - It is now possible to collect Player Heads in PvP.
March
- 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
- 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, thesprazzzler (on his birthday!), TheDarkrai85, crystalriver and Excalibur_NUMNUM are promoted to Moderator. As thesprazzzler 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 4 km to the north-west mainly. The old Nether is archived and the Nether is re-initialised to allow harvesting of quartz.
May
- 23 May 2013 - Users bhugoz and tindwcel are promoted to Moderator.
- 30 May 2013 - Violet_Apathy is 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 is promoted to Admin, and PassiveFriendly is promoted to Moderator.
December
- 3 December 2013 - SnappyMuppetman is 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 is promoted to Moderator in the middle of some IRC chatter by SlowRiot
- 22 February 2014 - theschlozmeister is promoted to Moderator by SlowRiot in IRC.
April
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 is promoted to Admin on his staff anniversary.
- 26 June 2014 - Menmeth is promoted to Moderator while being afk.
July
- 14 July 2014 - fthtjyjy is promoted to Moderator.
- 28 July 2014 - twinchicken86 is promoted to Moderator.
September
- 5 September 2014 - Staff clean out! TBSliver, Quizlibet, GodlyCheeze, Bigred999, gardy64, TheSuicideBooth and skybirdthing are all 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 is 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 is promoted to Moderator.
October
- 3 October 2014 - crystalriver is 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. 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 - Menmeth resigns due to server concerns.
December
2015
January
- 7 January 2015 - Waterboy0048 is promoted to Moderator.
- 9 January 2015 - TEllins resigns from her Moderator position.
- 21 January 2015 - SnappyMuppetman is 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 are both promoted to Moderator.
March
- 2 March 2015 - Draglide12 makes the 1337th vote at https://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
- 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 is promoted to Moderator.
May
- 2 May 2015 - Zomon333 is 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 is promoted to Moderator.
- 26 June 2015 - Eilidh23 is promoted to Moderator.
July
- 3 July 2015 - AlphaAlex115 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
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 - 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 - thesprazzzler strikes the 18,000th 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.
- 30 July 2016 - New bubble expansion was added to the south with 6 km radius.
September
- 19 September 2016 - 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
- 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.
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 - 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_).
- 18 July 2017 - Server hits 100,000 unique players.
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.
- 15 August 2017 - 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 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 his Moderator position.
- 20 November 2017 - YouTube channel StudioMoonTV ( 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 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/
- 24 May 2018 - ardoom1 is demoted and banned.
June
- 16 June 2018 - 26,000th ban was EliTheDonut (banned by jimmyd93)
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 - Rufas makes the 10,000th 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.
September
- 15 September 2018 - 15,000 player's homes were set in Freedonia.
October
- 6 October 2018 - GhostPanther makes the 11,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
- 15 October 2018 - Ledoyom is promoted to Moderator.
November
- 26 November 2018 - ickyacky resigns from Moderator position due to personal reasons.
- 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 12,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
2019
January
- 3 January 2019 - Server hits 150,000 unique players.
February
- 25 February 2019 - Hirudo6 is promoted to Moderator.
- 27 February 2019 - Paladin_Heihachi is promoted to Moderator.
March
- 2 March 2019 - Server's 29,000th ban is Gekko105 (banned by Ted1246).
- 11 March 2019 - bloo_noodle is 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 Axilie are promoted to Moderator.
- 5 June 2019 - WaffleNomster is 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 for ban evasion of SailBird (also known as lemons222) and contributions (that were against the server rules) to the E Pluribus Unum.
July
- 12 July 2019 - WaffleNomster makes the 15,000th vote at 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.
- 4 August 2019 - doublehelix457 and Ted1246 are promoted to Admin.
- 7 August 2019 - Ted1246 makes the 31,000th ban, smashing the banhammer down on Funkoboy.
- 14 August 2019 - Draglide12 is demoted to a regular player.
- 31 August 2019 - TheDemetri is promoted to Moderator.
September
- 1 September 2019 - BenPotter8 is promoted to Moderator.
- 8 September 2019 - PietElite and WaffleNomster are promoted to Admin.
- 10 September 2019 - Ted1246 makes the 32,000th ban, smashing the banhammer down on NyxOtato_.
- 14 September 2019 - Eclypto18 and Tekupuristo are promoted to Moderator.
October
- 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, mobster_ie, 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 and zmdudeman are demoted to ordinary players due to inactivity, insufficiently regular activity or lack of performance otherwise as Moderators.
- 13 October 2019 - EpicKittyXP returns to his staff position.
- 30 October 2019 - WaffleNomster makes the 33,000th ban, smashing the banhammer down on 93w.
November
- 8 November 2019 - walteratt is promoted to Moderator.
- 9 November 2019 - watertriber is promoted to Moderator.
December
- 2 December 2019 - treepuncher755 resigns from his Moderator position.
2020
January
- 1 January 2020 - Star_Blade returns to his staff position.
- 2 January 2020 - MSup and VonRiessfeld are promoted to Moderator.
- 7 January 2020 - Void42_ is promoted to Moderator.
- 8 January 2020 - Ruthless II (MCO host server) went down for 8 hours, because SlowRiot forgot to pay for it, which later became a meme for every MCO crushing or restarting.
- 24 January 2020 - WaffleNomster makes the 34,000th ban, squishing qteks with his hammer in the process.
- 26 January 2020 - Axilie is demoted from Moderator to normal user and banned for exploitation of a duplication glitch.
- 26 January 2020 - 2b2t YouTuber 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 - Netrom5 is promoted to Moderator during the SalC1 Invasion.
- 31 January 2020 - watertriber resigns from his Moderator position.
February
- 1 February 2020 - FlyingJellyfish resigns from her Admin position after nearly 8 years.
- 2 February 2020 - winx51 resigns from her Moderator position after 8 years.
- 11 February 2020 - Xyginator retires from his Moderator position after nearly 5 years.
- 15 February 2020 - ScarClaw72 is demoted due to poor overall Moderator performance.
- 15 February 2020 - snthetic, WideEyedBass and Beeraeka are all promoted to Moderator.
- 26 February 2020 - 20,000 player's homes were set in Freedonia.
- 28 February 2020 - Prince__Valiant returns to their staff position.
March
- 12 March 2020 - Xyginator returns to his staff position.
- 16 March 2020 - VonRiessfeld is demoted due to repeated behaviour unbecoming of a Moderator.
- 16 March 2020 - Eclypto18 makes the 35,000th ban, smashing his banhammer down on Joseph20038.
- 17 March 2020 - winx51 returns to her Moderator position after a much-needed mental health break.
- 23 March 2020 - 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 - 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 - mk59apr retires from his Moderator position after a year and eight months of service.
May
- 1 May 2020 - jimmyd93 makes the 36,000th ban, smashing the banhammer on Ryan_R6.
- 9 May 2020 - 44trent3 and MrMcBricks are promoted to Moderator.
- 16 May 2020 - Dread_Nova is promoted to Moderator.
- 22 May 2020 - watertriber returns to his Moderator position.
- 29 May 2020 - DarthSagit is promoted to Moderator.
- 31 May 2020 - An incredible day of Red Display! AlphaAlex115, Eclypto18, LewisD95, TheDemetri and winx51 are all promoted to 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 resigns from his Moderator position.
- 3 June 2020 - Eclypto18 makes the 37,000th ban, blowing away Rileywolf4me with his bancannon.
- 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, and _deckard are all demoted to regular players due to inactivity, insufficiently regular activity, poor performance as Moderators, actions unbecoming of a moderator, and/or a failure to meet the standards of a moderator.
July
- 8 July 2020 - helpimdeadinside is promoted to Moderator.
- 9 July 2020 - Kookei makes the 25,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
- 11 July 2020 - Scampi_ is promoted to Moderator.
- 18 July 2020 - LordOfTheShadows is promoted to Moderator.
- 26 July 2020 - Vezxin makes the 38,000th ban, banning blazp14 in the process.
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 - MSup makes the 26,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
- 5 August 2020 - WideEyedBass resigns from his Moderator position.
September
- 11 September 2020 - MSup resigns from her Moderator position for personal reasons.
- 23 September 2020 - _deckard returns to his Moderator position.
- 26 September 2020 - Kilosaurus is promoted to Moderator.
- 26 September 2020 - DarthSagit resigns from the Moderator team for personal reasons.
- 27 September 2020 - watertriber resigns from his Moderator position.
October
- 5 October 2020 - BlueBlaziken is promoted to Moderator.
- 6 October 2020 - Hirudo6 returns to his Moderator position.
- 7 October 2020 - Aziroeth and AKSoapy29 are promoted to Moderator.
- 11 October 2020 - jimmyd93 makes the 39,000th ban, banning Deathninja5551 in the process.
- 24 October 2020 - AppleSilly is promoted to Moderator.
- 31 October 2020 - ibxtoydog makes the 29,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
November
- 28 November 2020 - Kilosaurus makes the 30,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
- 29 November 2020 - Beeraeka resigns from his Moderator position.
December
- 2 December 2020 - Mechman007, ibxtoydog and Vagankovo are all promoted to Moderator.
- 23 December 2020 - WaffleNomster makes the 40,000th ban, banning HoganS in the process.
- 30 December 2020 - r9q makes the 31,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
- 31 December 2020 - The Visitor Center is updated. The old visitor center is replaced by a design by Palindrome7, xArches, and TheDarkrai85.
- 31 December 2020 - KevinGriffioen returns to his Moderator position after over a year upon asking politely.
2021
January
- 3 January 2021 - MrMcBricks resigns from his Moderator position.
- 10 January 2021 - Wulf_359 is demoted from his Moderator position.
- 14 January 2021 - fmxstick resigns from his Admin position.
- 15 January 2021 - Main server migrated from Ruthless II to Republic.
- 20 January 2021 - tindwcel returns to his Moderator position.
February
- 7 February 2021 - TheGriffinLord, yourshadowdr, ServL and Leah_Starcraft are promoted to Moderator.
- 8 February 2021 - Crimson_Aught is promoted to Moderator.
- 27 February 2021 - Vagankovo resigns from his position as Moderator for personal reasons.
March
- 9 March 2021 - Eclypto18 makes the 41,000th ban, squashing ClickedFir21625 with his banhammer in the process.
- 12 March 2021 - Kilosaurus is demoted from Moderator to a normal player and banned for ban evasion of SailBird as well as mass griefing on an alternate account.
- 12 March 2021 - Aziroeth resigns from her Moderator position.
- 13 March 2021 - Inspector_Foix retires from his Moderator duties for personal reasons.
- 13 March 2021 - EpicKittyXP retires from his Moderator position after nearly five years, citing the fact he no longer has the time or drive for Minecraft
- 14 March 2021 - A red beacon of hope amidst the terrible Endfection! BryBer, skybirdthing, Vezxin, and Zomon333 are all promoted to Admin in the presence of many players during the unexpected appearance of SlowRiot himself.
- 18 March 2021 - Slight staff adjustment. Netrom5, DragonsTail, BenPotter8, and Thaelo are all demoted for inactivity.
- 19 March 2021 - A magnificent day for blue! Users cmb1100, Link03 , AlTheChan, 1235_John, MelonHeadKid, and Erttum are all promoted to Moderator. Beeraeka also returns to his Moderator position.
- 21 March 2021 - swissm4n makes the 33,000th vote at http://minecraft-server-list.com/server/267113/vote/
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 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 - SanityBGon is promoted to Moderator. ScarClaw72 also returns to his moderator position.
- 22 April 2021 - RobotReaction is promoted to Moderator.
- 23 April 2021 - Glow90 and 4untochrist are promoted to Moderator.
May
- 7 May 2021 - The beginning of a new wave of Blue! Nuboso358, NevadaDream, Freskooo and _Daata are promoted to Moderator.
- 8 May 2021 - The Blue Wave continues! EastDakota is promoted to Moderator.
- 10 May 2021 - It's happened yet again! warrior_three is promoted to Moderator.
- 11 May 2021 - _Daata makes the 39,000th (post-update) ban, blowing away meqfs with his bancannon.
- 17 May 2021 - _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! jriver_15 is promoted to Moderator.
- ?? May 2021 - Water no longer destroys torches and other partial blocks. (Server feature)
- 22 May 2021 - yourshadowdr resigns from their Moderator position for personal reasons.
- 29 May 2021 - ibxtoydog resigns from her Moderator position for personal reasons.
June
- 4 June 2021 - Void42_ resigns from their Moderator position.
- 9 June 2021 - Darkerfly is promoted to Moderator.
- 9 June 2021 - Vezxin resigns from his Admin position and is then banned for griefing DrumCity.
- 11 June 2021 - Ratrun resigns from his Moderator position.
- 23 June 2021 - ServL resigns from his moderator position.
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 - sm0ney5 is the first ever player to join Holidonia.
- 21 July 2021 LordOfTheShadows makes the 40,000th ban, decimating 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 - Hirudo6 becomes the first player to purchase a kit with the /store command.
- 7 August 2021 - TurtleCobra is promoted to Moderator.
- 10 August 2021 - Darkerfly makes the 41,000th ban, banning Alonig in the process.
- 13 August 2021 - BenPotter8 is promoted back to Moderator.
- 22 August 2021 - 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 - r9q lights the first naturally spawned end portal.
September
October
- 1 October 2021 - BillionPenny is promoted to Moderator.
- 18 October 2021 - A new warp is added for the first time in 7 years! The Farm warp is commissioned after a massive collaborative effort between Void42_, Krenath, and others.
- 23 October 2021 - rhyzofan is promoted to Moderator.
- 23 October 2021 - Erttum makes the 42,000th ban, banning CheesieMc in the process.
- 24 October 2021 - Teaacup is promoted to Moderator.
November
- 2 November 2021 - 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 - Daltalf is promoted to Moderator.
2022
January
- 13 January 2022 - swissm4n is promoted to Moderator.
- 17 January 2022 - Mechman007 and 1235_John are demoted from their Moderator positions for overstepping their boundaries as Moderators.
- 18 January 2022 - skybirdthing is demoted from his Admin position for behaviour unbecoming of an Administrator.
- 26 January 2022 - 4untochrist resigns from their Moderator position citing real life engagements.
February
- 10 February 2022 - Broncoskip returns to her Moderator position.
- 24 February 2022 - Erttum resigns from his Moderator position citing a desire to focus on school.
April
- 4 April 2022 - Darkerfly resigns from his Moderator position.
- 26 April 2022 - A great day for the blue! - Txkeykeeper and Ownagecat are promoted to Moderator. 4untochrist also returns to his Moderator position.
May
- 8 May 2022 - Leah_Starcraft resigns from her Moderator position.
- 21 May 2022 - Okibdoki, Freeman77 and Azeur are promoted to Moderator. snthy returns to his Moderator position.
June
- 14 June 2022 - Admins take Freedonia down to perform emergency database maintenance. The June 2022 Temporary Server is created as a result.
- 19 June 2022 - Hornacious and EpicBaby are promoted to Moderator.
- 20 June 2022 - TenderGloveBoy and Pojoj are promoted to Moderator.
- 27 June 2022 - AlTheChan resigns from their Moderator position.
July
- 3 July 2022 - 30,000 players' homes were set in Freedonia.
- 12 July 2022 - snthy resigns from his Moderator position.
- 21 July 2022 - snthy returns to his Moderator position.
August
- 4 August 2022 - MinecraftOnline turns 12 years old, and Donor III is introduced. Hourly gifts give special birthday items, and all rank purchases were deducted by 25% for the day.
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 - 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 - EastDakota is demoted to a regular player.
- 22 November 2022 - MCO reached 100,000 votes at minecraft-server-list.com. 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
January
- 9 January 2023 - podd is promoted to Moderator.
- 14 January 2023 - winx51 and Ari_Not_Sorry resign from their Admin positions.
- 26 January 2023 - PietElite resigns from his Admin position.
- 29 January 2023 - NevadaDream is demoted to a regular player.
February
- 11 February 2023 - Daltalf and TheGriffinLord resign from their Moderator position.
- 20 February 2023 - JesusMRS and Luigifan100 are promoted to Moderator.
March
- 5 March 2023 - 4untochrist resigns from their Moderator position.
- 19 March 2023 - Dread_Nova resigns from their Moderator position.
- 20 March 2023 - eevee_27 is demoted due to poor Moderator performance.
April
- 12 April 2023 - Server migrated from Republic to Resolute.
- 12 April 2023 - Link03 resigns from their Moderator position.
May
- 6 May 2023 - Another beautiful day for the red! Void42_, AppleSilly and tyhdefu are promoted to Administrator.
- 20 May 2023 - Cosmic_potato_04 and Xanpi3000 are promoted to Moderator.
July
- 1 July 2023 - 2b2tLegends is promoted to Moderator.
- 9 July 2023 - yourshadowdr returns to their Moderator position.
August
- 4 August 2023 - MinecraftOnline turns 13 years old. Games of Pigchinko and Spleef are played, Hourly gifts give special birthday items, and all rank purchases were deducted by 25% for the day.
- 22 August 2023 - OopsJay is demoted to a regular player.
- 26 August 2023 - FuzbolMC and Java64Bit are promoted to Moderator.
- 28 August 2023 - 1Catnip retires from their Moderator position after 3 years of service; watertriber returns to their Moderator position.
October
- 1 October 2023 - MCO reached 150,000 votes at minecraft-server-list.com. pinguilin05 made the last click.
November
- 24 November 2023 - Donor IV is introduced. The server has a Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale where all Donor levels are 25% off.
December
- 17 December 2023 - SholQut and Kendon are promoted to Moderator.
- 27 December 2023 - SlothCubing and ClonLP are promoted to Moderator.
2024
January
- 7 January 2024 - Moderators Scampi_, Hirudo6, MelonHeadKid, RobotReaction, warrior_three and Prince__Valiant resign from their Moderator positions after being contacted, citing lack of time or interest for McO.
February
- 21 February 2024 - Ghostis_ and Blacknightmon are promoted to Moderator.
- 27 February 2024 - Neokrai is promoted to Moderator and 4untochrist returns to the blue team.
March
- 12 March 2024 - Java64Bit resigns from Moderator citing personal reasons.
- 18 March 2024 - Java64Bit returns to his Moderator position.
- 25 March 2024 - Luigifan100 is demoted for behaviour unbecoming of a Moderator.
May
- 8 May 2024 - Teaacup and 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, YouItemMeItem experiences the wrath of the banhammer.
- 30 May 2024 - Server hits 300,000 unique players.
June
- 1 June 2024 - Teaacup returns to their Moderator position.
- 1 June 2024 - TheDarkrai85 resigns from their Administrator position after 10 years of service.
- 17 June 2024 - Java64Bit resigns from his Moderator position.
July
- 28 July 2024 - MCO reached 200,000 votes at minecraft-server-list.com. JesusMRS made the last click.
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.
September
- 17 September 2024 - CaptainIceman is promoted to Moderator.