The Great Trolling
It begain innocently enough.
<dorn284> SHITSHITSHIT <dorn284> Um, there an admin around? <dorn284> Fuckfuckfuck... no bueno
And quickly escalated.
<dorn284> Okay... Don't panic, everythings cool... <dorn284> And, if you see a ghast or, I don't know, wither, at spawn... Let me know... <Dewstin> WHAT! <Dewstin> who opened a nether portal in spawn? <TheDarkrai85> OH GOD THEYRE EVERYWHERE <dorn284> No portals opened! I swear! <dorn284> I may have found some eggs, but I swear there isn't a portal <@McObot> (MCS) <TheDarkrai85> kill these now or <dorn284> I tried, /slaughter doesnt work! <dorn284> And spawn protection is protecting them! Fuck <TheDarkrai85> Dorn what did you do? <dorn284> They were labeled as sheep damnit, the dispenser fired all 64! <twinchicken86> Oh dear
THE GRAND REASONING
dorn284 had a plan. A plan that would strike fear and awe in to those who took part in it. His plan was to create a series of tests. Tests of skill, strength, resilience, and of the soul... But as of yet, due to some minor design and implementation issues, but mostly due to not knowing how players would react, he decided to test his guinea pigs fellow Freedonians.
THE PLAN IN ACTION
dorn284 did not initially plan on bringing other moderators in to his experiment, however once things started his fellow staff members jumped to with gusto. 
TheDarkrai85, 
Excalibur_NUMNUM and even the mighty 
lacrosse1991 all helped, though lacrosse1991 stayed behind the scenes. For over an hour, they "enacted" and "fought" the invaders, with many deaths. Use of the false nether and its denizens aided in the farce.
THE REACTION
The reaction was far greater than expected. None doubted the sincerity of those involved. TNT and the death messages added further validity to the experiment. The entire server eventually was involved with searching for the "invaders", proving to dorn284 that there would indeed be plenty of demand for his Games...