Timeline

"I'll play here after all. I can't find any other server that isn't corrupt or retarded" - hikkairu

This is a list of significant events and changes affecting the server and Freedonia throughout its lifetime.

Effectively, this page is intended as a comprehensive history of 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  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.

The first expedition party enters the Nether portal.

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.

Cake party on Freedonia's first birthday

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.

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

• 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.

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 -  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

Sunset over Spawn at the 1.5 update, showing Flippeh and the Snowman

• 10 March 2013 - Server reaches 50,000 unique player count!
• 15 March 2013 -  AgentMuu steps down as Admin.
• 18 March 2013 - The server updates to Minecraft 1.5, only five days after the release by Mojang.
• 30 March 2013 - Server updates to 1.5.1.
• 30 March 2013 - Server's 14,000th ban is  MetricRICHARD, banned by  gardy64 for breaking a beacon at Spawn.

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

April

• 13 April 2013 - Server owner  SlowRiot celebrates his birthday on the server. Everyone at spawn suddenly get super jumping powers, causing massive injury and death to the participants. Superpowers are overrated.
• 13 April 2013 - Users  TEllins,  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

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

May

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

June

• 18 June 2014 -  techkid6 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

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

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

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

2016

January

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

February

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

June

• 1 June 2016 - 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

• 27 July 2018 -  mk59apr is promoted to Moderator

August

• 4 August 2018 - The server celebrates 8 years since it was created, hourly gifts give special birthday items and the /spawn command creates fireworks while giving useful potion effects or cake.
• 5 August 2018 -  Rufas makes the 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

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

• 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

• 27 September 2021 -  Void42_ returns to their Moderator position.

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.

October

• 7 October 2024 -  podd resigns from their Moderator position, citing personal reasons.
• 29 October 2024 -  maurermz is promoted to Moderator.