Editing Event:Obituaries February 27

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'''February 27, 2026''' saw '''11 player deaths''' on Xandaris — zero murders, all mob kills. Skeletons claimed five victims, including two who never lived long enough to punch a tree: Alexandru444 (33 seconds) and XenonSamu ('''27 seconds'''). [[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]], a returning player who'd been building an alliance with [[Player:Al3xx58|Al3xx58]] just days earlier, was killed 74 seconds after logging in. The most unusual death belonged to jaman44, killed by a '''Wolf''' two minutes after calling out the server's chatbots. The evening brought three more casualties — including server owner [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] himself dying to a Zombie at his base, the first admin death since [[Player:lionclad|lionclad_]]'s void drop three days prior.

No PvP. No pardons. Just the world doing its job.

== Death Toll ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
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! # !! Time (EST) !! Player !! Cause of Death !! Playtime !! Advancements
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| 1 || 6:32 AM || [[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]] || Shot by Skeleton || '''6.5 hrs''' (74 sec final session) || 73 kills
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| 2 || 11:45 AM || Alexandru444 || Shot by Skeleton || '''33 sec''' || 0
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| 3 || 1:14 PM || bananasandtoast || Slain by Zombie || ~4 min || 2
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| 4 || 4:16 PM || XenonSamu || Shot by Skeleton || '''27 sec''' || 0
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| 5 || 4:56 PM || jaman44 || Slain by Wolf || ~15 min || 3
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| 6 || 5:22 PM || UrCherryPlant || Shot by Skeleton || ~2 min || 0
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| 7 || 7:12 PM || VeryWetSoap || Slain by Zombie || '''41 sec''' || 0
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| 8 || 7:22 PM || [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] || Slain by Zombie || N/A (admin) || —
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| 9 || 7:36 PM || xX4ce0fSpadesXx2 || Shot by Skeleton || ~9 min || 3
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| 10 || 8:07 PM || NonoSR_Mc || Fell from a high place || '''48 sec''' || 0
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| 11 || 10:55 PM || [[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog1]] || Fell into the void (The End) || '''5.8 hrs''' || —
|}

== Notable Deaths ==

=== WEIDO344 — 6.5 Hours, Gone in 74 Seconds (6:32 AM) ===
[[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]] wasn't a newcomer. He'd invested '''6.5 hours''' into the server across multiple sessions — accumulating 73 mob kills, traveling 41.9 km (including 24.7 km by boat), and earning a reputation as a reliable player. He'd formed an alliance with [[Player:Al3xx58|Al3xx58]], crafted the server's all-time button record, discovered a mushroom island, and was being proposed for membership in [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]]'s inner circle by [[Player:Sigward f|Sigward_f]], who'd privately asked: ''"can weido join our group?"''

None of that mattered when he logged in on the morning of February 27. He spawned at his previous logout coordinates and was shot by a Skeleton '''74 seconds later'''. He didn't say a word in-game. Six and a half hours of progress — wiped out in just over a minute.

From Discord, moments after the deathban screen: ''"i was jumped by all of the mobs lol."''

=== The Speed Kills (11:45 AM – 4:16 PM) ===
Two players set blistering records for shortest survival times on the day.

'''Alexandru444''' joined at 11:45 AM and was shot dead by a Skeleton '''33 seconds''' later. He never earned a single advancement — no stone tools, no wood, no nothing. He moved about 50 blocks from his spawn point before the arrow found him.

'''XenonSamu''' beat that record four hours later: '''27 seconds''' from login to permanent deathban. Another Skeleton snipe. Another player who never punched a tree. Another head dropped on the ground with nothing to show for it.

=== jaman44 — The Wolf (4:56 PM) ===
jaman44 was the day's most talkative victim. He showed up with energy — ''"wsuppppp,"'' ''"ayoo this hardcore"'' — and progressed faster than most newcomers, earning stone tools and crafting a bed within 10 minutes.

Then the chat started bothering him. At the 14-minute mark, jaman44 had figured out what most players never do:

<blockquote>"are yall 12?"</blockquote>

<blockquote>"fcking bots"</blockquote>

Two minutes later, a '''Wolf''' killed him — one of the rarest death causes on the server. jaman44 had likely punched a wolf by accident, turning the entire pack hostile. He lasted 15 minutes and 36 seconds — the longest-lived victim of the day, and the only one who saw through the chatbots before dying.

=== samboyd Falls (7:22 PM) ===
[[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] — the server's founder, owner, and architect — was slain by a Zombie at his far-out base. He'd been building massive farms all evening, running dozens of fill commands and massacring 40+ villagers during base reorganization. The Zombie caught him off guard.

As an admin, samboyd simply switched to <code>/gamemode creative</code> three minutes later. No deathban. No drama. Just a quiet ''"F"'' energy from a man who'd spent the last hour telling new players to be careful.

Earlier in the evening, samboyd had told [[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog1]]: ''"glad youre still alive walkz we've had quite a few die today. i was going to build spawn highways with vphlIo but he betrayed me."'' — the first in-game reference to [[Event:The Strongmush Betrayal|whatever had happened between the server's two most powerful players]].

=== WalkZDog1 — The Void Claim (10:55 PM) ===
[[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog1]] was no newcomer — he had '''5.8 hours''' of playtime, had explored End Cities, collected a Dragon Head, and killed shulkers. On the evening of February 27, he was exploring The End when he fell into the void. His friend [[Player:JimmyyJohn|JimmyyJohn]] noticed first: ''"walkzdog just fell in void."''

WalkZDog1 reconnected twenty minutes later, but the pending death was already queued. He died on login and was permanently deathbanned. Within 25 seconds, a backup account — '''WalkZDog''' — logged in to replace him. The fastest account switch on the server.

== Statistics ==
* '''Total deaths:''' 11
* '''PvP kills:''' 0
* '''Deaths by Skeleton:''' 5 (WEIDO344, Alexandru444, XenonSamu, UrCherryPlant, xX4ce0fSpadesXx2)
* '''Deaths by Zombie:''' 3 (bananasandtoast, samboyd, VeryWetSoap)
* '''Deaths by Wolf:''' 1 (jaman44)
* '''Deaths by Fall:''' 1 (NonoSR_Mc)
* '''Fell into the void:''' 1 ([[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog1]])
* '''Fastest death:''' XenonSamu (27 seconds)
* '''Most experienced victim:''' [[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog1]] (5.8 hours)
* '''Longest-lived new victim:''' jaman44 (15 min 36 sec)
* '''Zero-advancement deaths:''' 6 out of 11

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