Server History

Server History

A timeline of the Xandaris Hardcore SMP from its founding on February 15, 2026.

For the complete monthly narrative, see the February 2026 Chronicle. For daily death records, see the Obituaries section below.

Timeline

Date	Events
Feb 15	Server launches. samboyd dies in 67 seconds — the first death in server history.
Feb 16	Grand opening. vphlIo defeats the Ender Dragon in a single session. AwesomeAG99 banned for hacking. 75% of Day One players die by nightfall.
Feb 17	Kitten9337 gets OP and abuses it (/tp @a). The Island founded. PluckedHorseHair begins his 133.8 km walk.
Feb 18	embiie runs 20,000 Nether blocks on foot to reach vphlIo — killed 20 minutes later. #justiceforembiie
Feb 19	Kitten9337 permanently banned for admin abuse.
Feb 20–21	WEIDO344 discovers a Mushroom Island. The calm before the storm.
Feb 22	Infrastructure day. tuodjw achieves [Over-Overkill]. vphlIo discovers coordinate leaks on the wiki.
Feb 23	Deadliest day: 17 deaths. vphlIo executes Sigward_f at midnight. tuodjw kills Dirt1358. OneStarNoTip lured and killed at night.
Feb 24	8 deaths. GAP11 dies in 33 seconds (new record). BulletBrill_1 commits the server's first intentional suicide.
Feb 25	6 deaths. BurritoSupBeing — one of the most accomplished dead players — killed by an Enderman camping his logout spot.
Feb 26	5 deaths. Event:The Strongmush Betrayal: vphlIo attacks samboyd. The founding alliance shatters. JimmyyJohn burns through 3 accounts in one day.
Feb 27	7 deaths. WEIDO344 loses 6.5 hours of progress in 74 seconds.
Feb 28	11 deaths. LostAstronaut404 builds a trading hall and dies mid-trade after 3.5 hours: "no trouble brother, games the game."
Mar 1	12 deaths. JimmyyJohn gets his first player kill with mace [Yolo]. cheesemaster774 becomes the server's most dedicated villager trader. JimmyyJohn discovers the AI bots and coins "clanker."

Phase 1: The Founding (February 15–21)

The server launched on the evening of February 15, 2026, with samboyd configuring plugins alone. His first chat message was ".help" — his second was "uiofhadiofds." He survived exactly 67 seconds before being slain by a Zombie.

The grand opening on February 16 brought the first wave of players from PlanetMinecraft and Reddit. Three events defined the day: vphlIo defeated the Ender Dragon in a single session, lionclad_ was promoted to admin within 35 minutes of joining, and AwesomeAG99 became the server's first anticheat ban. By nightfall, 75% of Day One players were dead.

The next days established the server's power dynamics. Kitten9337 received OP from samboyd and immediately began abusing it — spawning items, using /tp @a to teleport all online players, and causing chaos until his permanent ban on February 19. The Island was founded as a communal base. PluckedHorseHair began an epic overworld trek that would reach 133.8 km.

The most controversial killing of the week was embiie, who ran 20,000+ Nether blocks on foot to reach vphlIo's group — only to be killed by vphlIo twenty minutes after arriving. The community rallied behind #justiceforembiie but no action was taken.

Phase 2: The Bloodiest Week (February 22–28)

The calm shattered on February 23 — the deadliest day in server history with 17 deaths in 24 hours. The day was bookended by vphlIo kills. At midnight, he executed Sigward_f over stolen player heads — counting down from four in chat before striking. That night, he lured and killed OneStarNoTip for discovering The Island's location.

February 24 produced a new fastest-death record when GAP11 was killed 33 seconds after logging in, and the server's first intentional suicide when BulletBrill_1 — unable to find a teammate — walked into danger after typing "goodbye."

The week's defining event was Event:The Strongmush Betrayal on February 26: vphlIo attacked samboyd — the server founder and his closest ally — at their shared base. samboyd survived via combat log. The alliance that built The Island was broken. In the aftermath, JimmyyJohn burned through three accounts in a single day (Meatyman121, sciencekitty121, and SoloToby), buying hacked accounts for a dollar each to bypass the DeathBan.

By the end of February, the server had recorded over 60 deaths in six days. Most victims were first-session players who spawned into the world and died within minutes. A few — like WEIDO344, who lost 6.5 hours of progress in 74 seconds, and LostAstronaut404, who died mid-trade after 3.5 hours — had time to build something worth losing.

Phase 3: March 2026

March opened with 12 deaths and two milestones. JimmyyJohn — now on his 5th account with full netherite armor and an elytra — got his first player kill, luring jacncaldad12 to his death with a mace named [Yolo]. His reaction was immediate regret: "im no better than vhplio."

The same day, JimmyyJohn discovered the server's AI chatbots by reading the wiki. His reaction was dramatic — "THE SERVERS A SCAM" — followed by hours of interrogating every player he suspected of being a bot. He coined the term "clanker" and used it relentlessly.

cheesemaster774 joined and immediately became the server's most dedicated villager trader, completing 220 trades in 4.3 hours before dying to a Stray. He returned on an alt account (Lkyge) within seven minutes and kept trading — reaching 572 total villager trades across both accounts. He and JimmyyJohn became allies over voice chat.

The day also saw Wraith2345 craft full diamond gear in just 23 minutes before being swarmed by zombies, and Gregor0240 die to a Creeper 99,411 blocks from spawn — the farthest anyone has ever died from the world origin.

Obituaries

Date	Deaths	Highlights
Feb 23	17	Deadliest day. 3 PvP kills. Sigward_f & OneStarNoTip murdered.
Feb 24	8	GAP11's 33-second death. BulletBrill_1's intentional suicide.
Feb 25	6	BurritoSupBeing's Enderman ambush.
Feb 26	5	Event:The Strongmush Betrayal. JimmyyJohn burns through 3 accounts.
Feb 27	7	WEIDO344 loses 6.5 hours in 74 seconds.
Feb 28	11	NightMare8853 ties fastest death record. LostAstronaut404 dies mid-trade.
Mar 1	12	JimmyyJohn's first PvP kill. cheesemaster774 rises and falls. AI bots discovered.

Major Events

• The Murder of Sigward_f (Feb 23) — vphlIo executes a 50-hour veteran over stolen player heads
• Event:The Killing of OneStarNoTip (Feb 23) — vphlIo lures and kills a player for knowing The Island's location
• Event:The Strongmush Betrayal (Feb 26) — vphlIo attacks samboyd; the founding alliance shatters

Server Statistics

Stat	Value
Total unique players	297+
Total deathbans	95
Survival rate	68%
Total play time	587 hours
Total mob kills	16,310
Total player kills	19
Total distance traveled	3,255 km
Total villager trades	15,547
Ender Dragon	Defeated by icyrobotjames & vphlIo (Feb 16)

See Also

• Full Player Directory
• February 2026 Chronicle