Editing Event:Obituaries February 28 (section)

== Notable Deaths ==

=== LostAstronaut404 — The Trader (2:42 PM) ===
LostAstronaut404 was doing everything right. Over 3.5 hours, he earned '''10 advancements''', built a villager trading operation, caught fish, suited up in iron, and was the most socially active player on the server — chatting, advising newcomers (''"Gotta give to get"''), and bartering with [[Player:JimmyyJohn|JimmyyJohn]] for mending books.

He was standing at his trading hall when a Drowned walked up and killed him. He earned the '''Surge Protector''' advancement at the exact moment of death — protecting a villager from lightning as he died beside it.

From Discord, seconds later:

{{quote|as if, fkn drowned|LostAstronaut404}}

{{quote|the vils still there bro|LostAstronaut404, to JimmyyJohn — making sure the villagers survived even if he didn't}}

{{quote|no trouble brother, games the game|LostAstronaut404}}

He asked about coming back, learned about alt accounts, and left with: ''"lmk if you guys run another server soon, peace be apon you, always."'' When told JimmyyJohn was on his 5th account, he replied: ''"What you need 5 accounts for bro."'' samboyd eulogized him: ''"jesus pfp bro died for our sins."''

=== Gonk461 & NightMare8853 — Dead on Arrival (3:04 PM / 5:06 PM) ===
Two players set the day's speed records for dying. '''Gonk461''' lasted '''34 seconds''' — blown up by a Creeper before mining a single block, earning a single advancement, or saying a single word. '''NightMare8853''' beat him by one second: '''33 seconds''', slain by a Zombie. His only contribution to the server was the word "hello." Between them: zero blocks mined, zero mobs killed, zero advancements. 66 combined ticks of existence.

=== Fyshi1 — Ambushed on Login (1:29 PM) ===
Fyshi1 wasn't new. He'd played for an hour on February 27, earning '''9 advancements''' — Stone Age through Suit Up, including the rare '''Cutest Predator''' (taming an axolotl). He'd built with dark oak, smelted copper, and carved out a decent underground setup.

On February 28, he logged back in. He spawned at Y:-3 — deep inside the cave he'd logged out in. A Skeleton was waiting. '''52 seconds''' later, a full day's progress was erased. One of the more cruel deaths: he never even had a chance to react.

=== tonebro2018 — He Asked First (7:17 PM) ===
tonebro2018's very first message on the server was a question:

{{quote|if i die is it a perm ban?|tonebro2018}}

The answer was yes. He took it in stride, asked to team up (''"who wna team?"''), announced he was 11 years old and requested family-friendly chat, then set off on an ambitious trek — traveling '''7 km''' including 2.5 km by boat, heading toward coordinates nearly 5,000 blocks from spawn. He typed "?" in chat ten seconds before falling from a high place. Whatever he saw that confused him, it killed him.

=== Binxman54 — "I Can't Handle This" (10:52 PM) ===
Binxman54 was friendly from the start — ''"wsp... hows yall day"'' — and genuinely liked the server: ''"this is a good server... i like how theres no hud or any spawn."'' He asked about anti-cheat, claimed to have coded his own custom HUD, and was flagged by '''GrimAC''' for 120 simulation failures shortly before his death.

Three seconds before falling from a high place, he typed:

{{quote|i cant handle this|Binxman54}}

=== AylussALT — "This Is Hardcore?" (11:57 PM) ===
The last death of the day. AylussALT joined and immediately started chatting with [[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog]] instead of moving:

{{quote|this is hardcore?|AylussALT}}

{{quote|like if i die im banned|AylussALT}}

WalkZDog confirmed: ''"thats how hardcore works."'' The two traded insults for two minutes. AylussALT never earned a single advancement. A Zombie killed him 70 blocks from spawn. WalkZDog's eulogy: ''"haha bum."''

=== elisurvival — Name Didn't Help (2:11 PM) ===
A username like "elisurvival" sets expectations. He did not meet them. He entered the '''Nether within 7 minutes''' of first joining — an impressive speedrun — mined gold, and tried to trade 8 gold ingots with other players. Then he fell from a high place 27 minutes into his first session. Five advancements earned, including We Need to Go Deeper. The irony of the name was not lost.