Massivecraft Back-from-hiatus Guide

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MassiveCraft Back-From-Hiatus Guide

Welcome to the MassiveCraft Back-From-Hiatus guide! This guide lists major changes to the server over the past few years. Data is aggregated from the Weekly ChangeLog, the old History page, and the General News page. For more information on major events, check the General News page and the Weekly ChangeLog.

Please note that minor changes are not listed here and some of the information is incomplete. Feedback is greatly appreciated!​


2015
Week 37 (September): Forum layout change
Week 36: TPS command changes (/ml), MassiveMobs and Guardians in all worlds, new voting system (/vote), click usernames to direct message, tab completion of all plugins
Week 35: Removal of cannons, 50% mob drop reduction
Week 34: Voting plugin change (/vote)
Week 33:
Week 32:
Week 31:
Week 30:
Week 29:

Week 28: Summer Festival
Week 27 (July): Release of Jorrhild, introduction of KOTH events
Week 26:
Week 25:
Week 24:
Week 23 (June):

Week 22: MassiveRestore implemented in Ithania
Week 21: Server-wide rule update
Week 20:
Week 19 (May):
Week 18:

Week 17: MassiveMob taming implemented
Week 16: Release of KitPvP, changes to MassiveChat [Local, PvP, and Event] (/c)
Week 15: Release of the quest world Arach'n, MassiveBasic plugin (/basic)
Week 14 (April):
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Week 12:
Week 11:

Week 10 (March): House renting with AreaShops in Regalia (/as), MassiveRestore implemented in Fendarfell and New Ceardia (/mr)
Week 9:
Week 8: New donation shop, including premium options and server-wide events (/s)
Week 7:
Week 6 (February):
Week 5:

Week 4: Vampire plugin reintroduced (/v)
Week 3: Changes to PvP traits (/t)
Week 2: MassiveLag plugin in beta (/ml)
Week 1 (January):

2014
Week 52:
Week 51: Winter Festival, server update to 1.8
Week 50:
Week 49 (December):

Week 48: Changes to war and tribute rules
Week 47:
Week 46: FactionTax started taxing players (/f tax)
Week 45 (November): Release of Teled Methen, heavy factions work [creation price decrease, FactionsTax, power increase, changes to commands] (/f)
Week 44:
Week 43: Harvest Festival
Week 42:
Week 41: Introduction of Knights Island PvP tournaments
Week 40 (October): New crafting recipes
Week 39:
Week 38: Release of the quest world Warrenord, changes to Factions [MOTD, flags]
Week 37: Pet plugin disabled
Week 36 (September):
Week 35:
Week 34:

Week 33: Player smoke trails [premium feature] (/trail)
Week 32 (August): Updates to server rules
Week 31: Market removed from Regalia and recreated in a separate world
Week 30: Summer Festival, Character cards (/cc)
Week 29:
Week 28:
Week 27 (July):
Week 26:

Week 25: Switch from friends to favorites plugin (/fav), changes to chat (/c)
Week 24: Colored emotes with %, Premium self color in chat (/sc), Addition of pet plugin (/pet)
Week 23 (June):
Week 22: Quest expansion in Warrenord, implementation of traits plugin (/t)
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Week 20:
Week 19 (May):
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Week 17: New raid and war rules
Week 16:
Week 15:
Week 14 (April):
Week 13:
Week 12:

Week 11: Cayorion restarted the server on his phone while on morphine
Week 10 (March):
Week 9: Release of the Rift [nether world], Deadbolt plugin removed
Week 8: Introduction of WarZones
Week 7: New Premium lounge, updates on MassiveMobs
Week 6 (February): Deadbolt replace by LWC (/lwc)
Week 5: Release of Poor District in Regalia
Week 4:
Week 3:
Week 2:

Week 1 (January): Changes to chat rules​

2013
December 19: Winter Festival
December 7: Implementation of the MassiveMoney plugin, change from Silver and Copper to Regals
December 5: Server updated to 1.7
November 17: Non-prems can wear diamond armor
November 15: Introduction of Premium chat channel
November 12: MorePlayerModels2 added
October 31: Harvest Festival
October 17: Creation of undead horses for premium members
October 12: Fendarfell released for premiums
October 7: Removal of Gana-Isha and Kelmoria
October 6: Implementation of the MassiveQuest plugin
August 20: Voting rewards introduced
August 13: New Ceardia was released
August 4: Changes to McMMO fishing
July 29: Implementation of the MassiveTickets plugin
July 25: Quake added to the minigame hub
July 5: Removal of the world Ceardia
July 3: Server updated to 1.6
May 31: CreativeGates v2n released
May 28: First version of sharding complete
May 22: Changes to how staff handled raids and war
May 16: Minor IP change
April 29: Implementation of Factions v2.0.0 plugin
March 17: Server updated to 1.5
March 15: MassiveBooks plugin introduced
March 11: Friends plugin introduced
February 26: Introduction of Multiverse Hub
February 15: Regalia was released
February 14: Valentine's Day event
January 29: Introduction to MassiveChat plugin​

2012
December 31: Introduction of War plugin
December 22: IceFest event
November 25: Race plugin introduced
November 24: Gana-Isha [nether world] was released
November 7: Server updated to 1.4
October 31: Creeperween event
September 22: Premiums can wear items as hats
September 15: Rewrite of rules
September 12: Ellador was released
August 11: Server updated to 1.3
July 12: Release of forums
May 18: Introduction of MassiveCraft wiki
April 28: Cannons for premium members
April 23: Chair plugin introduced
March 28: Daendroc was released
March 7: Server updated to 1.2.3
January 28: Changes to teleporting commands​

2011
November 27: Server updated to 1.0, Ceardia was released
October 14: Chests shops introduced
July 12: Server name change.
February 4: Opening of server​
 
Even if you aren't coming back from hiatus, this is a very helpful guide for noobs trying to get an idea of the history of the server. Thanks a bunch!
 
nostalgia and information all in one! Excellent work, I enjoyed seeing the progression of events leading up to when I joined the server Oct '13, all stuff I knew happened but seeing the order was cool.