Editing Event:XHC Monthly Chronicle - February 2026

{{DISPLAYTITLE:XHC Monthly Chronicle — February 2026}}
The '''XHC Monthly Chronicle — February 2026''' is the first edition of the Xandaris Hardcore SMP's monthly recap series. February 2026 marks the founding month of the server, covering its launch on February 15 through the bloodbath that followed. In just 14 days, the server saw 273 unique logins, at least 63 tracked deaths, six PvP executions, one admin abuse scandal, and the rise of the most feared player in Xandaris history.

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; width:280px;"
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! colspan="2" | February 2026 — At a Glance
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| '''Server launched''' || February 15, 2026
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| '''Days active''' || 14
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| '''Unique players (wiki pages)''' || 33
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| '''Total tracked deaths''' || 63+
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| '''Deadliest day''' || Feb 23 (17 deaths)
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| '''PvP kills''' || 6 (all by [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] or [[Player:tuodjw|tuodjw]])
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| '''Ender Dragon defeated''' || Feb 16 ([[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]])
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| '''Admins banned''' || 1 ([[Player:Kitten9337|Kitten9337]])
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| '''Hackers banned''' || 1 ([[Player:AwesomeAG99|AwesomeAG99]])
|}

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== Week 1: The Founding (Feb 15–21) ==

=== February 15 — Launch Day ===
The Xandaris Hardcore SMP goes live. [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] launches the server and the first players trickle in. The very first death in server history belongs to '''samboyd himself''' — killed just '''67 seconds''' after joining, setting the tone for everything to come.

=== February 16 — Grand Opening ===
The server is posted to PlanetMinecraft and Reddit. Players flood in. The day is defined by three events:

* '''vphlIo kills the Ender Dragon''' — [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] joins, gears up, and defeats the Ender Dragon in a single session. He claims the Dragon Egg and becomes the first player with an Elytra, establishing immediate dominance.
* '''lionclad_ promoted to admin''' — [[Player:lionclad|lionclad]] is promoted to admin within '''35 minutes''' of joining, after impressing samboyd with his game knowledge.
* '''AwesomeAG99 banned''' — [[Player:AwesomeAG99|AwesomeAG99]] is caught using the Meteor hack client and permanently banned — the server's first anticheat ban.
* '''75% of Day One players are dead by nightfall.'''

=== February 17 — Chaos Takes Root ===
* '''[[Player:Kitten9337|Kitten9337]]''' joins and immediately receives OP from samboyd. Begins abusing admin powers — spawning items, teleporting players, and using the infamous '''/tp @a''' command to teleport all online players to a single location.
* '''[[Location:The Island|The Island]]''' is founded as a community base.
* '''[[Player:PluckedHorseHair|PluckedHorseHair]]''' joins and begins an epic journey across the overworld — a saga that would eventually reach 133.8 km walked.
* '''[[Player:Dirt1358|Dirt1358]]''' dies in just '''52 seconds''' — the fastest legitimate death on the server at the time.

=== February 18 — Betrayal and Speedruns ===
* '''#justiceforembiie''' — [[Player:embiie|embiie]] runs over '''20,000 Nether blocks on foot''' to reach [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]]'s team. Twenty minutes after arriving, vphlIo kills her. The community rallies behind the hashtag ''#justiceforembiie'' on Discord, but no action is taken. The incident foreshadows vphlIo's willingness to kill allies.
* '''[[Player:YTKreoCraft|YTKreoCraft]]''' speedruns '''10 advancements in 47 minutes''' before being killed by a Creeper — one of the most productive short lives in server history.
* '''[[Player:SP8RLS|SP8RLS]]''' dies '''8 seconds''' after entering the Nether.

=== February 19 — Admin Purge ===
[[Player:Kitten9337|Kitten9337]] is '''permanently banned''' after repeated admin abuse. The /tp @a incident, item spawning, and general chaos prove too much. The server's first and most dramatic admin removal.

=== February 20–21 — Settling In ===
* '''[[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]]''' joins and discovers a Mushroom Island — a rare biome that grants safety from hostile mobs.
* The community begins to settle. [[Location:The Island|The Island]] grows as a hub. The calm before the storm.

== Week 2: The Fracture (Feb 22–28) ==

The second week of February saw the server descend into chaos. From February 23 onward, the obituary pages tell the story: '''63 deaths in 6 days'''.

=== February 23 — The Deadliest Day ===
{{main|Event:Obituaries February 23}}

'''17 deaths''' in a single day — a record that still stands. The day begins and ends with vphlIo:

* '''00:15 UTC''' — [[Event:The Murder of Sigward f|The Murder of Sigward_f]]: [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] executes [[Player:Sigward f|Sigward_f]] at [[Location:The Island|The Island]] over stolen player heads. A four-second countdown. One swing of a [[Item:vphlIo's Netherite Sword|Netherite Sword]]. The first major PvP controversy.
* '''01:14 UTC''' — [[Player:Dirt1358|Dirt1358]], who trash-talked vphlIo on Discord after witnessing the Sigward killing, logs in and is killed by [[Player:tuodjw|tuodjw]] within 14 minutes.
* '''23:53 UTC''' — [[Event:The Killing of OneStarNoTip|The Killing of OneStarNoTip]]: vphlIo lures [[Player:OneStarNoTip|OneStarNoTip]] to [[Location:The Island|The Island]] and executes him for "knowing too much" about The Island's location.

[[Player:samboyd|samboyd]], watching the carnage from Discord: ''"everyone fking died"''

=== February 24 — The Bleeding Continues ===
{{main|Event:Obituaries February 24}}

'''8 deaths.''' Highlights:
* '''GAP11''' sets a new death record: '''33 seconds''' after logging in.
* '''BulletBrill_1''' commits the server's '''first intentional suicide''' — walking into danger deliberately.
* '''[[Player:lionclad|lionclad]]''' — a server admin — falls into the void while helping a new player.

=== February 25 — Double Death ===
{{main|Event:Obituaries February 25}}

'''7 deaths.''' Most notable: '''LeoTheo5''' dies on '''two different accounts within 10 minutes''' of each other.

=== February 26 — The Strongmush Betrayal ===
{{main|Event:Obituaries February 26}}
{{main|Event:The Strongmush Betrayal}}

'''9 deaths.''' The biggest story:
* '''[[Event:The Strongmush Betrayal]]''' — [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] attacks [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] at a forward base. samboyd survives only by combat logging — disconnecting mid-fight. The alliance between the server's founder and its most powerful player fractures. [[Location:The Island|The Island]] is never the same.
* '''WillieLayer_''' dies on '''3 separate accounts in 48 minutes'''. His final message: ''"i ran out of accounts fuck"''

=== February 27 — No One Is Safe ===
{{main|Event:Obituaries February 27}}

'''11 deaths.''' Highlights:
* '''[[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]]''' — who had spent '''6.5 hours''' playing cautiously on the Mushroom Island — is killed '''74 seconds after logging in'''. Hours of careful play, erased in an instant.
* '''[[Player:samboyd|samboyd]]''' — the server founder — is killed by a Zombie.
* '''[[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog]]''' falls into The End void on his first account.

=== February 28 — Month's End ===
{{main|Event:Obituaries February 28}}

'''11 deaths''' to close out the month. Highlights:
* '''LostAstronaut404''' dies mid-villager-trade after '''3.5 hours''' of survival. His parting words: ''"no trouble brother, games the game"''
* '''tonebro2018''' asks in chat: ''"if i die is it a perm ban?"'' — then promptly falls from a great height.
* '''NightMare8853''' ties GAP11's record with a '''33-second death'''.

== The Month in Numbers ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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! colspan="4" | February 2026 Death Tracker
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! Day !! Deaths !! Cumulative !! Notable
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| Feb 23 || 17 || 17 || Deadliest day; 2 PvP executions
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| Feb 24 || 8 || 25 || GAP11's 33-second record
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| Feb 25 || 7 || 32 || LeoTheo5 double death
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| Feb 26 || 9 || 41 || [[Event:The Strongmush Betrayal|Strongmush Betrayal]]; WillieLayer_ triple death
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| Feb 27 || 11 || 52 || WEIDO344's 74-second loss; samboyd killed
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| Feb 28 || 11 || 63 || LostAstronaut404's farewell; tonebro irony
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! colspan="2" | '''Total (tracked)''' !! '''63''' !! ''Feb 23–28 obituaries only; true total higher''
|}

''Note: Deaths from Feb 15–22 are not fully tracked. The true death count for February is significantly higher than 63.''

=== Top Killers ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Cause of Death !! Rank
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| Skeletons || #1 (dominant)
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| Zombies || #2
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| Creepers || #3
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| Fall damage || #4
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| Endermen || #5
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| [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] (PvP) || 6 kills — top human killer
|}

=== Fastest Deaths ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Player !! Time !! Notes
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| [[Player:skogsloparen|skogsloparen]] || 7 seconds || Spawn glitch (not considered legitimate)
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| XenonSamu || 27 seconds || —
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| GAP11 || 33 seconds || Record (tied by NightMare8853)
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| [[Player:Dirt1358|Dirt1358]] || 52 seconds || Fastest legitimate death at time of occurrence
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| [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] || 67 seconds || First-ever death on the server
|}

Average new player survival time: '''~13 minutes'''

== Major Events ==

=== [[Event:The Murder of Sigward f|The Murder of Sigward_f]] ===
February 23, 00:15 UTC. [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] executes [[Player:Sigward f|Sigward_f]] over stolen player heads. A four-second countdown, one hit from a [[Item:vphlIo's Netherite Sword|Netherite Sword]], and the server's first great controversy. [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] watched but took no admin action. ''"Justice is the hands of the powerful."'' — vphlIo

=== [[Event:The Killing of OneStarNoTip]] ===
February 23, 23:53 UTC. [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] lures [[Player:OneStarNoTip|OneStarNoTip]] to [[Location:The Island|The Island]] and kills him for knowing the base's location. vphlIo's justification: anyone who knows where The Island is and isn't a resident is a threat. Two PvP kills in one day.

=== [[Event:The Strongmush Betrayal]] ===
February 26. [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] turns on [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] — the server founder and his closest ally — attacking him at a forward base. samboyd survives via combat log. The alliance shatters. [[Location:The Island|The Island]] is fractured. Trust between the two most powerful players is broken permanently.

=== The /tp @a Incident ===
February 17–19. [[Player:Kitten9337|Kitten9337]], granted OP by [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]], abuses admin commands — spawning items, teleporting players with '''/tp @a''', and causing general chaos. After two days of escalating abuse, Kitten9337 is permanently banned on February 19. The incident leads to stricter policies on admin access.

=== #justiceforembiie ===
February 18. [[Player:embiie|embiie]] runs '''20,000+ Nether blocks on foot''' to reach [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]]'s team. Twenty minutes after arriving, vphlIo kills her. The hashtag ''#justiceforembiie'' trends on the Discord server, but no punishment follows. The killing demonstrates vphlIo's philosophy: proximity is a threat, and trust is earned — never assumed.

=== vphlIo's Day One Dragon Kill ===
February 16. [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] joins the server and defeats the Ender Dragon in a single session — within hours of the server's public launch. He claims the Dragon Egg, becomes the first player with an Elytra, and establishes a level of dominance that no one has challenged since.

== Server Records (as of February 28) ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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! Record !! Holder !! Value
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| Most playtime || [[Player:samboyd|samboyd]] || 114.1 hours
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| Most mob kills || [[Player:Orangebubly|Orangebubly]] || 2,853
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| Most player kills || [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] || 6
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| Most deaths survived || [[Player:GigglyBall|GigglyBall]] || 7 (all pardoned)
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| Most advancements || [[Player:Orangebubly|Orangebubly]] || 33
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| Fastest death (glitch) || [[Player:skogsloparen|skogsloparen]] || 7 seconds
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| Fastest death (legitimate) || [[Player:Dirt1358|Dirt1358]] || 52 seconds
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| Most buttons crafted || [[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]] || 61
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| Longest Nether journey || [[Player:embiie|embiie]] || 20,000+ blocks on foot
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| Most sessions || [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] || 175
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| Longest walk || [[Player:PluckedHorseHair|PluckedHorseHair]] || 133.8 km
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| Most elytra flight || [[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]] || 782.8 km
|}

== State of the Server ==

As February ends, the server is fractured but alive.

'''The Dominant Forces:'''
* '''[[Player:vphlIo|vphlIo]]''' remains undefeated — 0 deaths across 69.3 hours and 175 sessions. Full Netherite, Elytra, Shulker boxes, the Dragon Egg, and a [[Item:vphlIo's Trophy Sack|trophy sack]] containing 49 player heads. He is, by every metric, the most powerful player on the server.
* '''[[Player:Orangebubly|Orangebubly]]''' quietly grinds with 0 deaths, 2,853 mob kills, and 33 advancements in 17.6 hours.
* '''[[Player:tuodjw|tuodjw]]''' — vphlIo's right hand — holds 1,288 mob kills with just 1 death.

'''The Survivors:'''
* '''[[Player:samboyd|samboyd]]''' — the server founder — is rebuilding after the [[Event:The Strongmush Betrayal|Strongmush Betrayal]]. With 114.1 hours played, no one has invested more time into the server. He leads from the wreckage.
* '''[[Player:JimmyyJohn|JimmyyJohn]]''' is on his '''5th account''' after 4 deaths. He keeps coming back. Currently alive in full Netherite.
* '''[[Player:WalkZDog|WalkZDog]]''' — JimmyyJohn's ally — lost his first account to the void but survives on an alt with 0 deaths.

'''The Fractured Island:'''
[[Location:The Island|The Island]], once the server's communal base, is fractured after the Strongmush Betrayal. The alliance between samboyd and vphlIo — the two players who built it — is broken. What was once a shared home is now disputed territory.

'''The Dead:'''
At least 63 players were deathbanned in the last week of February alone. Some, like [[Player:Sigward f|Sigward_f]], were murdered. Some, like [[Player:WEIDO344|WEIDO344]], were ambushed. Some, like tonebro2018, asked ''"if i die is it a perm ban?"'' — and found out.

== See Also ==
* [[Server History]]
* [[Event:Obituaries February 23]]
* [[Event:Obituaries February 24]]
* [[Event:Obituaries February 25]]
* [[Event:Obituaries February 26]]
* [[Event:Obituaries February 27]]
* [[Event:Obituaries February 28]]
* [[Event:The Murder of Sigward f|The Murder of Sigward_f]]
* [[Event:The Killing of OneStarNoTip]]
* [[Event:The Strongmush Betrayal]]

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