History of VMJ World

This page is intended to write down the important events of the current map of the Mappercraft Minecraft server in a general and unbiased way. Lengthier accounts of events should be written in their own page. Staff reserve the right to remove whatever they need to from the page if they deem it biased, irrelevant, or false.

October 2020

 * October 23rd:
 * #land-claims opens. Dajiang, Sicily, Poland, the Balkan Tsardom, Egypt, Vinland, the Vincentarian Dominion of New Estremia, Iretaz, the United Provinces, the Nevan Republic, Steelgrad, the Independent States of Brazil, the Ascendancy of Rys, English Equatoria, Pomorze Commune, Republic of South Africa, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Hoeland, France, Pyzantion, the Federation of Sardinia, Prátaí, the Federal Republic of New Scotland, Bukjoseon, Khmer Empire, Donkey Kong Country, Grönland, and Iceland are founded. (Countries listed in no particular order)
 * October 24th:
 * The Mountain Monocracy, Sevalonic Federation, and the East Indies are founded before world start.
 * At 4pm EST, the server opens. A record breaking ~60 people join at once.
 * The United Provinces forms soon after world start, Skali forms the first settlement of the world in The Hague. The Dutch coast is deforested by the end of the night.
 * The Independent States of Brazil announces they've vassalized Donkey Kong Country. After backlash from the community, they're released, and some Brazilians leave the ISB.
 * After the server was opened, Rome, the Polenta Kingdom, and the Free City of Mombasa were formed.
 * Rys was disbanded, and its members formed the Empire of Tokyo.
 * There was a brief foreign affair regarding Brazil and Estremia, which resulted in Estremia annexing parts of Brazil, forming the Bielzi Colony.
 * The United Provinces accept immigrants from Brazil including Multi and Solace after the collapse of the Independent States of Brazil.
 * October 25th:
 * New Zealand, The Scandinavian Trade. Rep and the Grand Duchy of Detroit were formed.
 * Many Nations expanded their claims.
 * The Pibbcola Factory is completed in Amsterdam, making Pibbcola the first industrial corporation of the world with a working factory. This is the 7th world in which Pibbcola exists on the server.
 * New Estremia establishes the Vincentarian Varma Colony in Sweden. As a result of this, the name of the nation was changed to the Vincentarian Federation of Mappercraft Colonies.
 * The Scandinavian Trade. Rep is vassalized by the Fed. Rep of New Scotland. After learning of New Scotland's plans to cede Sweden and Finland to VFMC in a bid to broker peace the Republic revoked their vassalship.
 * During the Second Nether Expedition of Flaming, Mich, Pibb, and Agnius the group decides to bed bomb groups they find in the nether. Around 7:20 the expedition noticed name tags inside or a nether bastion, approaching from the upper levels
 * Pibb, Agnius, and Flaming dropped down the levels, The first bed bombing by Pibb destroyed Ficomm, followed by Agnius finishing off Owning and the rest of the Balkan end expedition with a second attack. Following the dynmap to a Nether Fortress the second battle commences this time however Ficom is able to kill Pibb, but Agnius in turn kills Ficom. Flaming and Mich search for the rest of the party discovering a portal where they destroy the final members of the Balkan Nether expedition. The final phase of compass ended in a Basalt biome where a few stragglers where killed by Mich. By 9:00 all action in the nether had settled down with no real issues on either side.
 * France and Sardinia formed a condominium in Corsica as a compromise for Sardinian claims on the French island.
 * October 26th:
 * Bikini Bottom is formed
 * Pomorze, the Teutonic Order, and the Scandinavian Trade Republic unite to form the Baltic Confederation
 * Vikke discovers one of the map's easter eggs, a rabbit named Big Chungus, in Slovakia. However the rabbit dies after few minutes from fall damage. Despite Skali's attempts to revive Big Chungus, he keeps dying from fall damage. Big Chungus was buried in the Madonie mountain range in Sicily.
 * October 27th:
 * Server goes down to add more RAM
 * Amsterdam gains its first housing development in the north.
 * A town built by Mradper is discovered by pieinyoureye after being reported to staff it is declared to have been built in French land. Soon after staff awards the town to France.
 * October 28th:
 * The Franco-Dutch border dispute spurred on by the events of the previous day, Agnius and pieinyoureye negotiate over the land developed by Mradper. Negotiations ended with Mradper's loot being returned from his chests but France retained control of the land and the town. Multi played a minor part by harassing Frenchmen before he was reprimanded by the Dutch Parliament where his ability to conduct diplomacy was stripped from him. The French reciprocated by stripping pieinyoureye of his diplomatic abilities.
 * Export company 720° Exports ˡᵗᵈ is formed by RetroSky
 * Mephisto begins construction of Windbrook Plantations in New Scotland, after permission was granted by Pussilamous
 * October 29th:
 * User sazooo forms Bigmanland, and acts very aggressively toward the server as a whole, and Europe in particular
 * October 30th:
 * The Federal Republic of New Scotland and Pratai merge to form the Republic of Scotland & Pratai
 * The Baltic Confederation claims Brandenburg and portions of Lithuania and Estonia
 * October 31st:
 * users Sazooo and West are banned for illegally griefing.
 * VFMC and Rep. of Scotland & Pratai purchase the Balearic Islands from Sardinia as a condominium
 * At 4pmEST, the grace period ended, allowing war to be declared

November 2020

 * November 1st:
 * Minecraft user sevenyearswar, AKA fiyu, is banned from multiple nations, including Scotland & Pratai, VFMC, France, and Egypt
 * November 2nd:
 * The newly-formed South Sweden in Antarctica cedes their territory to the VFMC as a colony, creating the Vincentarian South Svedea Colony
 * November 3rd
 * sazooo returns, and reforms Bigmanland. He continues to act aggressively toward the server
 * November 6th:
 * The Bigman-Sardinian War. Bigmanland declared war on Sardinia, prompting volunteer forces from 7 different nations to join on the side of Sardinia. The war only lasts between 20-35 minutes, with most of that being the time taken for forces to marshal and reach the battlefield, as the coalition overwhelmed the forces of Bigmanland both in the invasion of Sardinia and their defence of their base in Spain, suffering a single casualty due to friendly fire between two volunteer groups
 * Indonesia is formed
 * November 8th:
 * The Republic of Scotland & Pratai annexes the Baltic Confederation, with the exception of the Teutonic Order, after talks with Thundermaster99 & Woogieman
 * November 9th:
 * The Steelgrad Affair. Joseon issued a capitulation for Steelgrad and without a response, Joseon declared war on Steelgrad the reason being the "unification of the Korean Peninsula!". After minor attacks, the leader of Steelgrad, KatsWithHats, accepted the terms of the capitulation making Steelgrad a province of Joseon
 * An international group joins together, and protests in the VFMC capital. They force the VFMC to release Westphalia, and protest the VFMC's continued existence as an absolute monarchy.
 * November 10th:
 * The nation of DaddyGod is formed, by a soon to be prominent user Shamski, who followed in sazooo's steps as acting very aggressive toward his neighbors and the server as a whole
 * November 11th:
 * The VFMC starts to fall apart, with Svedland attempting to declare independence. However, it was revealed that this was just a fake movement, planned by the monarchy in an attempt to regain legitimacy. It fails horribly
 * November 12th:
 * Dissolution of the VFMC: The leaders of the VFMC decide to dissolve their nation in order to prevent against attacks. Now it is fragmented into several Vincentarian rump states, with those being the Kingdom of Almondia, El Salvador, the Chiefdom of Varmania, and the Kingdom of Svedland.
 * November 13th:
 * Daddygod renames to Gods
 * November 14th:
 * The Indonesian-Northern European War: After Shamski's nation unites with Indonesia, Indonesia had promptly declared war on the United Territories of Northern Europe after days of namecalling between them and Shamski. Immediately, griefing occured in multiple cities in Scotland, with many of the UTNE forces being scattered and unorganized. OrbitalEpsilon was the only one who had made damage on Indonesian territory in Wales, while Mary_Rose made a brief resistance to Indonesian forces invading and destroying Ireland. FlamingArrow06 had ruled that Northern European settlements were destroyed to the point of capitulation, and the Indonesian leader SoAss demanded England and the southern third of Scotland to be ceded to them.
 * Multi's Revolt: With tensions building up over the week inside Holland between the myriad of factions, Multi_Gamers decided he had had enough and began a bombing spree across the Netherlands, attacking residential areas in Amsterdam, AbolishSuburb's factory, and Dutch villager farms underground. He then declared independence with his part of town, and foreigners flooded in to watch and participate. Shamski backed Multi_Gamers for a time, and Java_Sea and Sikorskiii turned their property in the city into a fortified neutral zone. agnius06 had then promptly seized the reigns of the Dutch state, declaring himself dictator, then led forces with Abolish_Suburbs and StanFlash to pursue and kill Multi to the point of surrender. Multi was then subsequently kicked out and exiled from the nation.
 * End of the United Territories: After the Indo-European War had already ended, many of the UTNE's citizens including President Pussilamous, lost motivation to continue playing in the UT, and so most of them either left to form their own nations, or left the server entirely, signifying the end of the Republic.
 * November 15th:
 * The server goes down for 5 hours, for unknown reasons
 * November 17th:
 * The Indonesian War. In what was effectively a continuation of the Indonesian-Northern European War, the Netherlands and a coalition of 10 other nations declared war on Indonesia. The Dutch were victorious, annexing England and disbanding Indonesia.
 * November 18th:
 * The Indonesian War officially ends, in a Dutch victory. Following this, the owner, Vegatable, makes an executive decision to ban Shamski and SoAss, the primary perpetrators of the war.
 * November 22nd:
 * New York, Almondia, SF, and Vinland merge to form the North Atlantic Union
 * November 24th:
 * The pope Finnicus I (Vikkezi) announces his resignation from his papacy and commences the second papal conclave. Doggo wins the most votes, however Mradper gives all the votes he acquired to Fiyu, making him the next pope.
 * November 26th:
 * The Thanksgiving Dorito Incident: During the evening, bonito_pibb and AOC2036 (Fiyu) decided to make a large dorito-looking structure off the shore of Sardinia. This was carried out as a power move to assert AOC2036's legitimacy as the Pope of the Catholic Church. AbolishSuburbs (Mich), Multi_Gamers, and Owning69 later joined on the project and a total of 14,000 terracotta and red sand blocks were used.
 * November 27th:
 * During the late evening, Nicksey and AOC2036 decided to "grief" the Atlantic Union's biggest city Almondia after various members of Holland, the Slavic Empire, and Egypt messed around in their "Femboy McDonalds" just nearby. The two placed down a lot of boats on the nether side of their nether portal and pushed them through into the overworld side, thus crowding the area. Later on, AbolishSuburbs joined in the effort. The density of boats in the city got so high that the server started lagging immensely. After this incident, people from the Slavic Empire started placing a lot of boats in Holland, specifically in the city of Amsterdam. This tactic of rapidly placing boats down in another country to irritate members such country had always been referred to as "boat-bombing", but at this point a lot of new players got experience with it
 * November 29th:
 * The Slavic-Egyptian War. The Egyptians declare war on the Slavic empire, with the justification of bringing democracy to the Slavic empire. Large portions of the Empire are destroyed, the Nevans declare independence and Bulgaria becomes an Egyptian Vassal state.
 * November 30th:
 * The Server goes down in an attempt to update to 1.16.4
 * The Republic of Argentina is formed

December 2020

 * December 1st:
 * Transfer of the ownership: After the Slavic-Egyptian War several admin abuses were found, done by the host Vegatable and the admin Nicksey. It was simultaneously announced that Multi_Gamers would be the next host and owner of the server. The server goes back up, still on 1.16.3
 * The Gator Federation is formed
 * December 4th:
 * This was the first day no changes were made in the land claiming chat
 * December 5th:
 * Following the transfer of ownership, Shamski and SoAss were unbanned. They formed the nation of Antarctica, and acted similarly to before
 * December 8th:
 * The Antarctic War. The Dutch Provisional Government declared war on the newly formed nation of Antarctica, which was set up by the previous leaders of Indonesia. Antarctica was forced to surrender as the Dutch-led coalition gained victory. Both sides suffered from griefs.
 * The Hauge had left Holland temporarily due to the war, and rejoined after it was over.
 * December 9th:
 * Shamski and SoAss split up, Shamski recreates DaddyGods, this time right next to Neva. SoAss retires to Madagascar
 * December 11th:
 * Shamski and SoAss reunite, forming BootyButts
 * December 12th:
 * After some admin consideration, Shamski is banned for loopholing the rules to create a nation soley for the purpose of war
 * The Muscovite War of Independence. Moscow declares independence from Neva, and a war begins. The Muscovites are defeated in the fighting, but Neva is unable to recover from the damage done during the war, as they had still not fully recovered from the Slavic-Egyptian War. Moscow is re-annexed for a short time, but Neva eventually abandons Russia altogether, fleeing to Japan.
 * December 13th:
 * The Argentinian Federation is formed
 * December 14th:
 * Pickland is formed
 * December 15th:
 * Sicily falls into a three way civil war between Flaming, Orange, and Vikke. Flaming wins, and the only practical effect is the seizure of PibbCola assets in Sicily
 * The Atlantic Union declares war on the Gator Federation, after aggressive comments from the leader, Owning. The Atlantic Union wins, and annexes the Gator Federation. However, they would quickly be reformed as the Gator Republic
 * December 18th:
 * Sicily sells its land to the Red Empire, and disbands
 * December 19th:
 * Salt Lake City is formed
 * December 20th:
 * Tool War. Hoeland and Pickland engage in a war sparked by words, and it concludes with Hoeland forces as the winner. Short-lived Pickland is annexed
 * December 22nd:
 * The Argentinian Federation renames to the Argentine Caliphate
 * December 23rd:
 * The Argentine Caliphate declares war on the Republic of Argentina
 * December 24th:
 * The Republic of Argentina capitulates, and is annexed by the Argentine Caliphate

January 2021

 * January 1st:
 * The Atlantic Union is disbanded
 * January 6th:
 * The Hoeland-Aragon War. After Hoeland loses a portion of it's TNT reserves, Aragon declares war on the semi-weakened Hoeland. However, it ends with Hoeland victorious and Aragon annexed. Notably, this is one of the few wars in the history of Mappercraft to be won with only PvP and no griefing.
 * January 7th:
 * The Fovrix Empire declares war on the Red Empire. Many people volunteer on the side of the Red Empire, and they win the war.
 * January 8th
 * A splitoff from Mappercraft, Earth But Blocky (also known as Sbevecraft), nuked itself. Many players from that server fled to Mappercraft to start anew.
 * The peace treaty for the Red-Fovrix War is signed, effectively a white peace.
 * January 9th:
 * Salt Lake City declares war on Hainan, for seemingly no reason.
 * January 10th:
 * After much controversy over player number, the Roman Republic was finally established as a merger between various European nations. These included Holland, Hoeland, New Athens, Sardinia-Corsica, the Red Empire, Pyzantion, the Gator Republic, the Kingdom of Austria, and Denmark.
 * January 11th:
 * The Salt Lake-Hainan war ends in a Hainan victory. Salt Lake City is disbanded in the peace treaty.
 * Cyprus joins the Roman Republic.
 * Egypt joins the Roman Republic.
 * January 17th:
 * Melanesia declares war on Paradis. Shortly after, Paradis surrenders, and is annexed.

Explanation

 * Underlined = A major event regarding the server.
 * Bolded = A war.