Event:Obituaries February 28

February 28, 2026 claimed 10 players on Xandaris — skeletons, zombies, creepers, and gravity splitting the kills almost evenly. Two players died in under 34 seconds. Three fell from high places. The longest survivor was LostAstronaut404, who spent 3.5 hours building a villager trading hall and was mid-deal with JimmyyJohn when a Drowned walked up and ended it. His response from Discord: "no trouble brother, games the game."

The afternoon was a massacre — eight deaths between 1:00 and 5:06 PM. Then the evening brought tonebro2018, who asked "if i die is it a perm ban?" as his first question, and Binxman54, who said "i cant handle this" three seconds before proving it.

Death Toll

#	Time (EST)	Player	Cause of Death	Playtime	Advancements
1	1:03 PM	Corpsebod	Slain by Zombie	3.5 min	0
2	1:13 PM	JodavYt	Shot by Skeleton	~10 min	3
3	1:29 PM	Fyshi1	Shot by Skeleton	1 hr (52 sec final session)	9
4	2:11 PM	elisurvival	Fell from a high place	~27 min	5
5	2:42 PM	LostAstronaut404	Slain by Drowned	3 hrs 27 min	10
6	3:04 PM	Gonk461	Blown up by Creeper	34 sec	0
7	4:49 PM	Jindabin1	Shot by Skeleton	~46 sec	0
8	5:06 PM	NightMare8853	Slain by Zombie	33 sec	0
9	7:17 PM	tonebro2018	Fell from a high place	~1 hr 2 min	4
10	10:52 PM	Binxman54	Fell from a high place	~13 min	2

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 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:

"as if, fkn drowned"— LostAstronaut404

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

"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:

"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:

"i cant handle this"— Binxman54

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.

Statistics

Stat	Value
Total Deaths	10
By Skeleton	3 (JodavYt, Fyshi1, Jindabin1)
By Zombie/Drowned	3 (Corpsebod, LostAstronaut404, NightMare8853)
By Fall	3 (elisurvival, tonebro2018, Binxman54)
By Creeper	1 (Gonk461)
Fastest Death	NightMare8853 (33 seconds)
Longest Survival	LostAstronaut404 (3 hrs 27 min)
Afternoon Deaths (12–6 PM)	8
Evening Deaths (6 PM–12 AM)	2
First-Time Players	8 of 10
Total Advancements Earned	33
Players with Zero Advancements	4