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, Steelgrad, 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 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


 * 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 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.