Amplicity History

This page documents the timeline of significant events in Amplicity's history.

Pre-server Making

4 December 2022 - Planning: This was when Apple first started thinking about making their own Minecraft server for everyone to play on, with planning for the server beginning on this day.

1.19.2 Eld (Olden Days)

Christmas 2022 - Test Server: The original test server for Amplicity was set up on Apex Hosting with 4GB RAM, where AppleSilly and others started testing server plugins. Amplicity's first screenshots were taken on this day.

26 December 2022 - Leaked IP and Early Testers: The invite link to the Discord server was made public, but the server IP was accidentally exposed. The first two players who joined were AriVB and RobotReaction, who went on to become Admin and Moderator respectively. The server whitelist was turned on, but a few of AppleSilly's close friends were allowed to join. Those players now have the Early Tester rank on both Discord and in-game (represented by a "{1}" before their name in chat).

27 December 2022 - First Promotions: The first staff promotions happened. AriVB and LeBonPaxou became Moderators. Later, RobotReaction and cmb1100 became Moderator and Admin, respectively.

30 December 2022 - Host Change and More Promotions: After testing the original Apex host for a week and setting up some plugins, the server was moved to a new host, Vultam, upgrading from 4GB to 6GB of RAM. NickEter and helpimdeadinside became Moderator and Admin respectively. Helpimdeadinside also became the first donor in the server's history with a donation of $10 USD.

31 December 2022 - First Server Event and More Promotions: A New Year's Party was held. AriVB and 1Catnip became Admins.

1 January 2023 - More Promotions: Link03 became an Admin, while Daltalf and _Plague_Rat_ became Moderators after showing interest in the position.

4 January 2023 - First Ban: Lazuz was banned for racism and slurs by AriVB.

6 January 2023 - Tiny Admin Accident: Over 200 wardens were spawned, and an incorrect command wiped all entities except them.

7 January 2023 - Bigger Admin Accident: A mistake in renaming the world caused a temporary new world to load with none of the old buildings, and Spawn was different. Later that day, Radis and Spektra_ became Moderator and Admin respectively.

12 January 2023 - Website Creation: A custom domain was bought and a website was made for Amplicity, hosted using Google Sites.

c. 17 January 2023 - 100 Unique Players: Around this time, Amplicity reached 100 unique players.

19 January 2023 - No Water Day: helpimdeadinside mistakenly used //drain with an extra 0, affecting approximately 4.5 million water blocks, crashing the server which then had to be restarted manually.

24 January 2023 - Apple Didn't Learn: AppleSilly changed the world name again, causing a brief alternate world. The mistake was quickly fixed and the usual map restored. adxxtrun became an Admin.

25 January 2023 - 1 Month Anniversary: Amplicity celebrated its first month, and cndx became a Developer.

26 January 2023 - Timeplayed Ranks Introduced: After significant work from AppleSilly and cndx, time-based ranks were introduced.

Further Developments

1 - 15 February 2023 - Valentine's Day Event: The first Valentine's Day event took place, with Spawn turning pink and players exchanging written books filled with kind messages. A new Collectible, the Love Tulip, was introduced.

19 February 2023 - Hunger Games Event: A small Hunger Games event was hosted by Link03, with Daltalf serving as the hunter. Many new collectible items were introduced.

5 March 2023 - Admin Promotions: LeBonPaxou and TheDemetri were both promoted to Admin.

12 March 2023 - Admin Steps Down: Administrator 4untochrist stepped down on good terms, citing lack of time and other priorities.

c. March 2023 - 200 Unique Players: Amplicity reached 200 unique players in March 2023.

15 March 2023 - Update?: AppleSilly tested an update to 1.19.3 with a vanilla server jar instead of a Paper jar, causing plugins to fail. The usual map was restored about an hour later.

16 March 2023 - Resignation: Spektra_ stepped down from her Admin spot and became a Moderator, desiring to enjoy the survival aspect without Creative.

20 March 2023 - The Start of a New Era: The server updated to 1.19.3. Initial flaws were fixed by the next day.

1.19.3 Eld

22 March 2023 - Communist Slime: MrSlimeDiamond became a Technical Admin.

29 March 2023 - RAM Upgrade: The server's RAM was upgraded from 6GB to 8GB.

1 - 2 April 2023 - Aintplicity: For April Fools', the server map was switched to a creative superflat one, resulting in chaos and creative mode without limitations.

4 June 2023 - New Mod: OG player Sashna became a Moderator.

7 July 2023 - 1.20.1 Update: The server updated to 1.20.1 without any issues.

1.20.1 Eld
1.20.1 Expansion: The overworld border was expanded from 7.5k blocks to 11.5k blocks.

21 September 2023 - A Proper Donation Page: AppleSilly began working on a proper donation page.

3 October 2023 - Creative World Introduced: Creative plots were added after testing; the command to access them was /mvtp creative.

4 October 2023 - Admin Resignation: AriVB stepped down as Admin and Daltalf became an Administrator.

5 October 2023 - New Blue: Axilie was promoted to Moderator.

7 October 2023 - New Red: Sashna was promoted to Administrator.

c. November 2023 - Serverwide Rail Network: The Amplicity Rail Network (ARN) was founded by Oak as the Prism Express, linking major settlements.

5 December 2023 - Advent Calendar: An advent calendar was added, providing players with daily surprises until the end of December 2023.

17 December 2023 - Surprise Dev: Near the one-year anniversary, Java64Bit joined the development team.

20 December 2023 - Self-promotion: Three days after joining as a developer, Java64Bit made himself an Admin (accompanied by an Obama Awards meme reference).

c. late December 2023 - New Blue: Void42_ was promoted to Moderator under Java64Bit's behest, marking the first promotion not directly overseen by AppleSilly.

9 January 2024 - Staff Cleanup: Oak became a Moderator, Spektra_ stepped down, and Link03, Radis, and RobotReaction were demoted for inactivity.

14 January 2024 - Invasion and Surprise Promotion: A Discord link sharing led to an invasion of roughly 15-20 new players, and Acesrt was promoted to Moderator by Java64Bit.

12 March 2024 - Fast Rails: The HsRails plugin was added, making railroads worthwhile.

1 April 2024 - Aintplicity 2.0: For April Fools' 2024, a stopgap non-Amplified map was introduced. This resulted in a bug that cleared inventories of players in the creative world until fixed.

2 May 2024 - More Staff Maintenance: _SkyFalls became a Moderator, while _Plague_Rat, NickEter, and Void42_ were demoted for inactivity.

22 May 2024 - Amplicity Website 2.0: The website was moved to Wix, offering a cleaner, more professional look. The Amplicity Forum was released but later removed when the website switched hosts.

26 May 2024: Axilie was promoted to Admin, and adxxtrun was demoted for inactivity.

28 May 2024 - New Host and 1.20.4: The server moved to a new host, improving performance, and was updated to 1.20.4 later that day.

c. early June 2024 - Website 3.0: The Amplicity website switched to Squarespace.

26 June 2024 - Wiki: The Amplicity Wiki was launched.

4 July 2024 - Fireworks Show: A fireworks show was held at Formidable Grove.

9 July 2024: The server updated to 1.21, with most issues fixed in the following days. AppleSilly considered a special rank for early affected players but ultimately did not implement it.

1.21 Eld

9 July 2024 - 1.21 Expansion: The world border was expanded from 11.5k blocks to 12.25k blocks by Sashna. A few hours later, it was expanded by an additional 300 blocks at Oak's behest, who discovered Amplicity's first trial chambers.

22 July 2024 - Map Upgrade: The server switched from Dynmap to Bluemap, allowing for a 3D map experience.

30 July 2024 - RIP Website: The Amplicity website was taken down for a period due to high hosting costs; the link now redirects to the wiki.

25 December 2024 - RIP Creative World: The Creative World was axed as it was taking up too much hard drive space and had low player interest.

28 December 2024 - 1.21.4 Update: The server updated to 1.21.4.

5 January 2025 - Creative World Revived: The Creative World was brought back after freeing up hard drive space.

16 February 2025: retrorandom became a moderator.

12 March 2025 - Welcome back website!: The Amplicity is slowly brought back, after a lot of work and learning, working on pure HTML and being hosted privately. ...