Kanal Town History

History

Beginnings (spring-winter 2017)

welcome to depressingville xD - SnapJaw

Kanal Town found its start when  SnapJaw first asked the admin  Ted1246 to be teleported to the "edge of the map" on April 16th 2017, which put him on a hill in west Freedonia (near the edge of the spawn continent/disk). On this hill he built a small cabin with a canal, which would be the foundations of the town. Some time later, in May of 2018, SnapJaw invited  Komododragon108 to visit the budding settlement, who then claimed a nearby mountain, naming it Mount Rifty.  Psychicwinter was known to also have contributed in Kanal Town's early days.

DicedTomato (spring 2018)

im dicedtomatos alt so i have the right!! - dicedgarlic

Later in 2018,  DicedTomato became the third member of the town, which in turn inspired Snapjaw to invite  SleeplessTheCat, his friend from a factions server. DicedTomato worked on the town on an alt account, causing a ruckus in chat when  AlphaAlex115 and  mk59apr came to investigate.

Mount Dernal (spring 2018)

time too finish mount dernal - SnapJaw

Around this time, Snapjaw began work on Mount Dernal, although he encountered difficulties gathering enough resources and willpower to complete it. With the help of  mk59apr and  Slime_Tiger, it was eventually completed.

Hatoshi (early summer 2018)

i think i broke a torch sorry - Hatoshi

One day in September, a user named  Hatoshi asked to come to Kanal Town, but began to repeatedly kill SnapJaw and steal from chests. Eventually, he stomped the towns crops and left. He would later grief Kanal Town more thoroughly, which would eventually lead to his ban.

New Kanal (summer 2018)

so why is it called new kanal town what happened to the old one - doodlebird

After the ban of Hatoshi, Snapjaw and DicedTomato would begin a rapid expansion of the town, building several docks and new buildings away from the main Kanal Town. An apparent desire for a fresh slate led SnapJaw to declare the newly built portions "New Kanal Town," walling up the oldest builds and turning them into a monument.

Serrano07 and Speedpocok (fall 2018)

i hate snapjaw. snapjaw evacuated me - SpeedPocok5

A user by the name of  Serrano07 came to the town one day and killed everyone there. He would frequently visit, often killing SnapJaw.

Speedpocok was a new user, invited to join Kanal Town by DicedTomato. After a series of misunderstandings, Speedpocok was evicted from Kanal Town and killed by SnapJaw. Angered by this, Speedpocok would go on to grief Kanal Town before being caught by  Anna_28.

Snapjaw and other town residents would be forever resentful of Serrano, and were often caught up in the drama surrounding him.

Partial Decay (2019)

Kanal Town is dead - SleeplessTheCat

Around October, many members left the town, with SnapJaw declaring the town closed. None of the users with perms built anything new, and whatever new visitors the town had were wandering explorers and looters. Snapjaw would later be banned for the grief of  NekoFlen's house. His ban appeal would be rejected on December 10th, 2018, leaving the town's future uncertain. SnapJaw gave ownership of Kanal Town to  SleeplessTheCat and mayoral duties to  Scarclaw72 until he would return. During the year 2019 Kanal Town had a storage facility made in the industrial district for town members to put their "junk" items in. In May 2020 following his return, SnappyJaw_ was given ownership of Kanal Town again.

Nexus (summer 2020 - spring 2022)

the short revival that kanal town had was fun - ElFrooosk

On the 18th of May, 2020, SnapJaw appealed again, with a vouch from  NevadaDream and a community service sentence. Kanal Town would briefly enter the Bedrocco Empire to help revitalize it. Old and New Kanal were also rejoined during this time. As people began contributing again, SnapJaw requested a Nexus link, which was approved by  Stromhurst and a link was added by  jimmyd93. A little later, on May 23rd, 2020, the residents of Kanal Town voted on leaving Bedrocco, making it independent once more. However, SnapJaw would quickly sink into inactivity once more, making Kanal Towns revival very brief. It would have 2 permeant active residents living in the town until early 2022 when one of them would quit.

Ghost Town (summer-winter 2022)

Oh and I remember the void body pillow in Kanal Town, we do not talk about that. - SiOtter

In 2021 Kanal Town was managed by  SleeplessTheCat. A few residents lived in town at this time, it was definitely the lowest point in town history. When these residents finally all moved out in 2022 Sleepless and SiOtter got back into proper contact and Sleepless's 50% town ownership was given back to SiOtter.

Revival (winter 2023)

Anal Town - Luigifan100

During 2022 SnapJaw made a couple of appearances to clean up addition grief in Kanal Town. Later in 2023, SnapJaw started to play MCO again, under the new username  SiOtter. Kanal Town opened its own museum, and it joined the Newport Empire. On May 29, 2023, it also joined the New United States as its third state. On August 4th 2023 it was voted that Kanal Town would leave both the New United States and Newport Empire. This resulted in a mysterious man who watched the vote take place kill  SiOtter the next day.

A time of policy changes and... pvp? (summer 2023)

SiOtter placed end crystal traps all around kanal town to win - NedHuman

Kanal Town would be the first town in to open a currency exchange in 2023 under the management of Freedonia Bankers Institution. This exchange expanded trading options within the town allowing for more diverse prices to be set within town. As a result of  NedHuman (unsuccessfully) headhunting town residents, the users  SiOtter,  Acesrt, and  Outboardbag set the town up for Crystal PVP which scared ned off. The town saw exceptional growth June 2023 - present with an average of 4 new players a month. On September 19th 2023 the Great Lakes & Kanal Town Museum turned 5 years old. The town also saw the addition of the "No unfinished builds" rule to combat and begin removing incomplete builds after 3 months of inactivity.

Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, and true cityhood (fall 2023)

why these [Censored] don't even know how to grife - LordFollower

Kanal Town would be griefed for a 3rd time at the end of September 2023, it was without a nexus connection for one day. Kanals expansion would see some changes need to be made ontop of the bandaid fixed being done on occasion. This was done with the construction of Kanal Tower, a new administrational building and archive for the town. Kanal Tower is the towns first high-rise (skyscraper). The town also incorporated the neighbouring communities of Maple Ridge and Chilliwack into the city management structure. During October the city would reach 10 residents when  IsuxzYT and  mirko93s joined the town. Mirko built a the city a sheep farm. The SCR would also open its Kanal Town connection on the Great Lakes Railway Line around the same time. Kanal Town was now connected to both its suburbs (Maple Ridge & Chilliwack) directly.  CarCrasher13 also built a giant arena in the north of town which  SiOtter helped modify for CrystalPVP and spleef use.

Promotions, Christmas, going into 2024

Found him in a cell under Kanal Town :) - Krenath

Winter 2023 opened with the start of the Kanal Town Christmas Celebration, followed by  SiOtter making a bookstore to sell books at and  CarCrasher13 building a cafe below it. On December 11th 2023 Kanal Town got its very own hospital and a shinto shrine; both on the towns southern side.  HyperDray the co-owner of Kanal Town made a rare visit to Freedonia to help check in on town and to approve  CarCrasher13s promotion to deputy mayor.  cozmicdudes22 attacked  CarCrasher13 after being killed by  SiOtter in a duel resulting in CarCrashers death, followed by OutBoardBag killing SiOtter due to a miscommunication. The town had its second mall open with Little Ore Plaza being expanded into two towers.

Triple Digits & Drama (winter 2024)

Time to do a boat purge on kanal town : - CarCrasher13

 _Daata and  SiOtter begin to make the Kanal Town Golf Course and plan to host a tournament at it. The Empresses Tomb dungeon would open for occasional playtesting in February 2024. The town would have a members census done to find that there were 95 people who are Kanal Town members. The town subway would officially finish its first phase in February with a direct rail connection into Dernal National Park. SiOtter would reach out to  CaptainIceman about the city joining the United Mistralian Federation (now known as the Freedonian Commonwealth) to help repopulate the Spawn Continent.  Faraday1056 becomes the 100th player to join Kanal Town! For the first time since 2018 a Kanal Town member was evicted and lost permissions to the build.  RileyManMassey would make an embassy for The Citadel in Kanal Town in mid march 2024.

More Changes as Kanal Turns 7 (spring 2024)

Happy Kanal Days : - SiOtter

Kanal Days 2024 would start in the spring as an event to celebrate Kanal Towns 7th birthday. The Kanal Town Subway' Crasher Line would also be completed by  BomBardyGamer.  HyperDray would also host a 1 and a half hour long game of tag for town residents in April 2024.  SiOtter stepped back from his super active role in the city in the spring to pursue other builds.  CarCrasher13 became the cities first new mayor in 4 years.

Summer Games 2024

Wow this has changed a lot : - KomodoDragon108

The city would be worked on over the summer, with slight changes in town staff.  KomodoDragon108, one of the founding members of Kanal visited the town for the first time in a few years. Multiple spleef games and climbing competitions were held in and outside the city aswell. Although, the main event over the summer was the return of Mechas Hunt which brought in a large wave of visitors into the city. Kanal would also become host to a large ice boat track for racing called the Kanal Circuit.

Fall 2024 DDOS to Winter 2024/25

In September 2024 the server would be DDOSed leading to  SiOtter and  Moxieskip making a small smp. Multiple Kanal Town members moved to this server and did not fully return after MinecraftOnline returned roughly to twenty days later. Responsibilities for the town would be shifted to  CarCrasher13 as  SiOtter continued to become less and less active. Recruitment would stay the same but without the winter playerbase increase that Kanal Town alongside other cities were expecting growth slowed. When the new years came around CarCrasher came up with the plan to grow Kanal by twenty people in 2025. Town staff came up with the brilliant idea to make a religious district in the town, an attempt to make a MCO Jerusalem - which promptly went over like a fart in church. The Empress Statue statue was removed and replaced by the Warriors Dance statue due to the moving of the Empresses Tomb dungeon from Kanal Town to near Whiterock. Multiple farms were upgraded and focus was put on doing some quality of life changes around the city for its current population rather than making things easier for newer kanal members. Kanal in late winter 2025 would surpass cakeville in temrs of member count becoming the largest city in Freedonia.

Spring 2025

Kanal Town turned 8 on April 15th 2025, with the birthday came a week of free Spleef and a much needed wiki page update after close to 7 months of wiki inactivity.

Kanal Town's 2nd Dark Age

In the late spring of 2025 SiOtter promoted  CarCrasher13 to owner status of the Kanal region, and SiOtter's other builds. this was because of SiOtter's increasing inactivity, and eventual departure from MCO. Following this departure a large portion of the Kanal Town player base changed servers. Mayorship was given to  Skittlekid around this time to carry on the towns legacy.

Skittlekid's tenure as mayor

In 2026 Kanal Town would flourish under  Skittlekids leadership. Sandbar Station was finally finished and SiOtter would return to help out with town a little bit during a free week. The Southern Express was finally finished in July of 2026. The Ice Boat Circuit would be upgraded in July of 2026 by SiOtter,  Setawxrv, and  Bartek_kx to make it a bit more player-friendly. The Bathhouse station in the subway network would also be discontinued.  OakManager would join Kanal Town and become its 200th member on July 13th 2026.

Spring 2026

In 2026  SiOtter and  CarCrasher13 rejoined MCO and Kanal Town and started expanding Kanal once again, however there was a problem. Kanal town had become boxed in on all sides by other settlements and lakes. The proposed solutions are to build bridges to islands on the lakes and start making infrastructure there or start more development around Chilliwack. Focus shifted though due to years of neglect leading the city to become quite unorganized and dirty. So from may-june 2026 the city was cleaned up much like it was in 2022.

Apparently Kanal Town needs more Stadiums

Yknow the KTS CTF mode is really outdated, and new eden sucks, we could totally use another arena :) : - GrumpyMosasaur

 GrumpyMosasaur would propose a new CTF arena to supplement Kanal Town Stadium inorder to draw more tourists. The Kanal Town Subway would also be expanded to cover the racetrack and southern kanal town.