Server History

A chronicle of the Xandaris Hardcore SMP from its founding.

Day Zero — Setup (February 15, 2026)

The Xandaris server was brought online on the evening of February 15, 2026. samboyd spent the first hours alone — configuring plugins, testing chat formatting, and cycling through multiple restarts and world regenerations. His first chat message was ".help", typed into an empty server to see if commands worked. His second was "uiofhadiofds."

Once RandomSpawnZ was configured, samboyd received his first true random spawn. He survived exactly 67 seconds before being slain by a Zombie — the very first death on the server.

After respawning, he built a small base along a river near the world origin, describing it as "it aint much but its home." A handful of early players — including vphlIo and Sigward_f — joined during this testing phase, though most of their activity predates the surviving log files.

Day One — Grand Opening (February 16, 2026)

The Launch

samboyd and Asa_Akiraa — real-life friends — posted the server on PlanetMinecraft, minecraft-server-list.com, and Reddit. The first wave of players arrived within the hour.

samboyd welcomed every arrival, explaining the rules and making the server's founding promise:

"no p2w and no map resets — forever"

"so you are all my first players, so thank u all my GOATs"

The server crashed multiple times under the load. samboyd apologized, upgraded the hardware, and kept going. A RandomSpawnZ bug caused several players to suffocate inside blocks on login — samboyd pardoned them and fixed the configuration. By the end of the day, he estimated that 75% of players had already died.

vphlIo's Speedrun

While samboyd managed the chaos at spawn, vphlIo embarked on one of the most impressive speedruns in server history. In a single two-hour session, he:

Entered the Nether and looted a Bastion Remnant
Explored a Trial Chamber
Found a Stronghold and entered The End
Killed the Ender Dragon — the first player to do so, collecting the dragon egg
Found an End City and obtained an Elytra
Crafted full Netherite armor

When asked how: "I got it day one to be fair." When asked to share the dragon egg: "And no yall cant have the dragon egg."

The Admin Team Forms

lionclad_ joined the server and was promoted to Level 4 operator within 35 minutes — the fastest admin promotion in server history. He immediately switched to spectator mode and began teleporting between players, establishing himself as the server's anti-cheat enforcer. His first major action was confronting PluckedHorseHair about a potential alt account (PluckedHorseHair was cleared but remained under suspicion).

lionclad_ identified and banned AwesomeAG99 for using the Meteor hack client — the server's first ban for cheating.

The DeadEnderChest Plugin

samboyd deployed his custom DeadEnderChest plugin, which allows players to access a dead player's ender chest by holding their dropped head. Sigward_f killed samboyd to test it. It worked. This plugin would become one of the server's defining mechanics — and a source of considerable drama.

PluckedHorseHair Arrives

PluckedHorseHair joined and was immediately flagged by AltDetector on every login (attributed to VPN usage). He progressed at a suspicious pace — finding a Nether Fortress, entering the End, obtaining an Elytra, and accumulating 17 Notch Apples within hours. He began running /plugins obsessively, checking the version of every plugin on the server — behavior that would continue throughout his time on Xandaris.

Sigward_f's Rough Start

Sigward_f had perhaps the worst Day One of any player. After being shot by a Stray (his first real death), he entered a nightmarish cycle: unbanned by RCON, teleported to an unsafe location, suffocated in a wall, auto-banned, repeat. He died eight times in a single day — though only two were genuine gameplay deaths. He was later slain by barryjeans in PvP, adding insult to injury.

Notable Firsts

First	Player	Details
First death	samboyd	Slain by Zombie (67 seconds after spawn)
First chat message	samboyd	".help"
First build	samboyd	Base near spawn
First dragon kill	vphlIo	Within ~2 hours of first recorded session
First full Netherite	vphlIo	Same session as dragon kill
First hack ban	lionclad_	Banned AwesomeAG99 for Meteor client
First server crash	—	Feb 16, ~02:31 UTC

Day Two — Alliances & Betrayal (February 17, 2026)

The Spawn Base Falls

PluckedHorseHair killed samboyd in PvP — the culmination of tensions that had been building since a previous server called LHC. PluckedHorseHair admitted to three player kills total; Asa_Akiraa claimed the number was closer to eight.

"horsehair literally killed me and my entire team" — samboyd

This kill accelerated the community's decision to abandon the base near spawn and relocate far away. samboyd chose a remote island and began teleporting trusted players to the new location: The Island.

vphlIo's Reign of Terror

While samboyd dealt with the political fallout, vphlIo went on a killing spree. He slew REPLTOR, then turned on his own teammates — smashing icyrobotjames and slaying tuodjw. After killing icyrobotjames, he immediately looted their ender chest. His justification for the teammate kills:

"Oh btw you need a player head to join our cult"

He also killed embiie (yielding four heads) and later claimed berry. Despite the body count, samboyd endorsed him: "also vphl is cool hes safe to team with."

The Double Agents

Kitten9337 played both sides — publicly allied with samboyd's group while secretly teaming with PluckedHorseHair via private messages. Kitten traded enchanted gear with PluckedHorseHair and shared coordinates, while simultaneously reporting PluckedHorseHair's suspicious inventory (17 Notch Apples, Netherite armor) to samboyd.

PluckedHorseHair and Kitten plotted to kill vphlIo:

"we have to kill vph. he tried to kill me earlier, for no reason... he has full enchant netherite armor tho. we dont have enough stuff to kill him"

Meanwhile, vphlIo was running his own counter-operation.

lionclad_'s Second Ban

lionclad_ identified and banned Cuban_III for using a hack client — his second major enforcement action. samboyd confirmed via private message: "he's hacking". lionclad_ replied simply: "ik".

The Revive Debate

samboyd announced he was building a revive mechanic plugin — a ritual using a dead player's head and Netherite to bring them back. The idea sparked philosophical debate:

"im still not sold on keeping the revive ritual in the game... its kinda unfair to the 80 ppl who are already banned"

The plugin was never completed. vphlIo suggested a simpler alternative: "just do a live system where you get 2-3 lives".

Other Events

XiDipole was kicked for using a hacked client.
The SimpleVoiceChat proximity voice chat plugin was installed.
The world border was set to 1,000,000 blocks (500k in each direction).
samboyd set the sleep percentage to 50%.
Asa_Akiraa was promoted to operator — joining samboyd and lionclad_ on the admin team.
Asa died twice (fell from a high place, then slain by Zombie) but was exempt from deathban as an operator.
Sigward_f impersonation incident: samboyd ran /nick Sigward_j to impersonate Sigward. Sigward: "fake sigward wtf". PluckedHorseHair: "no im the real sigward".

Day Three — Growing Pains (February 18, 2026)

The Hunt for PluckedHorseHair

vphlIo organized an elaborate operation to take down PluckedHorseHair. He recruited Orangebubly as bait — Orangebubly offered PluckedHorseHair Elytras and lured him to a meeting point in the Nether. PluckedHorseHair was cautious ("why do u want to gift me so bad? sus") but agreed to meet.

vphlIo built a triple-layer obsidian trap around PluckedHorseHair's logout position. When PluckedHorseHair logged back in, he teleported 1,000 blocks away — confirming the hacking suspicions. vphlIo reported to samboyd:

"I just watched plucks straight up hack btw"

PluckedHorseHair combat-logged twice and escaped. The Grim anticheat later flagged him for NoSlow x30 — a hack client signature.

The End Crystal Incident

vphlIo "jokingly" placed an End Crystal at The Island. Another player clicked it and died. vphlIo's defense:

"i JOKENLY PLACED A END CRYTAL AND HE CLICKED IT"

"KILLED HIMSELF"

He eventually negotiated: "so how many netherite blocks to bring bro back? make it 8".

lionclad_'s Demotion

lionclad_ had developed a habit of switching into creative mode while on admin duty. After repeated warnings, samboyd de-opped him and forced him into survival mode. The demotion lasted approximately 90 seconds before samboyd relented, with an explicit instruction:

"pls only use spec to look for cheaters, pls dont use creative" — samboyd

Anticheat Drama

The GrimAC anticheat flagged ChickenFiesta for fastbreak violations tied to their modded client. samboyd spent hours investigating, eventually acknowledging the false positive problem:

"i might have to disable it, some people have been having issues"

The #deaths Channel Saga

samboyd began a two-evening marathon to get death messages working in Discord's #deaths channel. The CustomDeathMessages plugin refused to cooperate — displaying "ENTITY_NAME" instead of player names and failing to load cause-specific messages.

samboyd died over a dozen times testing — via RCON commands, intentional falls, drowning, and asking Sigward_f to kill him with a Diamond Axe. At one point the server bot killed him via RCON:

"fucking claude killed me"

PluckedHorseHair Dies

At 23:45 UTC, PluckedHorseHair logged in at Y:180 in the Nether and died within one second — before even fully loading in. The death message was generic ("has died"), likely from fall damage at an unsafe login position.

The community's reaction was swift and merciless:

vphlIo via Discord: "Lol fucking plucker died what a fuCKING LOSER"
Sigward_f: "fuck horsehair"
samboyd: "horsehair was evil bro"

vphlIo looted PluckedHorseHair's ender chest and announced plans to burn his head.

Casualties

PluckedHorseHair — died in the Nether (fall damage on login)
ChickenFiesta — died during the anticheat investigation period
Meat_Mattress — fell from a high place
Ansley — killed by a skeleton horse trap near The Island

Day Four — A Server Takes Shape (February 19, 2026)

#deaths Goes Live

After two nights of debugging, the #deaths Discord channel finally worked. samboyd announced:

"ok.... its finally working. #deaths is live"

"embarassing how long that took me"

Island Life

With the major plugin work behind him and the server's primary villain dead, life at The Island settled into something resembling normalcy.

samboyd began actually playing the game for the first time — enchanting gear, trading with villagers for mending books, and planning his next build: "a giant mushroom, like a psilocybe." Sigward_f left him an HOA violation note. samboyd was not amused.

vphlIo took on infrastructure — building a sheep farm, a villager hall, and mining andesite. He taught other players the villager trading exploit and admitted to looting every dead player on the server: "btw I robbed all the dead people".

Sigward_f settled into his mushroom-themed house and predicted his own demise: "i will die in max 4 days". He and samboyd passed the time betting on how long new players would survive.

Asa_Akiraa logged in for the last time at 04:19 UTC — her belongings were later looted by Kitten9337, who proudly announced: "i robbed asa first".

The Looting

With several players dead or gone, the living descended on their remains. vphlIo "robbed all the dead people." Kitten9337 claimed Asa_Akiraa's ender chest. Sigward_f collected player heads and declared ownership of Asa's: "its my now". samboyd discussed the coordinates of lionclad_'s dropped head with vphlIo. In hardcore Minecraft, the dead have no property rights.

Server Statistics (as of Day Four)

Stat	Value
Server opened	February 15, 2026
World border	1,000,000 blocks (500k in each direction)
Survival rate	~10%
Ender Dragon	Defeated by vphlIo (Feb 16)
Wither	Defeated by vphlIo (Feb 17)
Hack bans	2 (AwesomeAG99, Cuban_III — both by lionclad_)
Peak concurrent players	8–10
Server crashes	At least 4
samboyd test deaths	~20

Ongoing

The server continues to run with no resets planned. The survival rate remains brutal, the world keeps expanding, and samboyd keeps welcoming new players with the same warning:

"pls dont die, ban on death"