How did the Blocktopia servers start?

[Duffie]

It's the genes.

Do you always wear the same pair of genes?

 

[Pick Yer Poison]

Here's my story

Minecraft released in May 2009
TheOne's starts after he downloads JTE's map and griefs it a bit, then proceeds to start a server using a stolen map and makes TheOne's lava survival
tortele comes along and befriends TheOne and becomes head admin
Sade comes along and becomes a co-admin
LG comes along and becomes co-admin
A group of old people come along like me, F, Evilgrim, combo, etc
From here, I got controller in a week (VERY IMPORTANT)
Build starts up due to a suggestion from LG and SinsOfFour and JTE mainly run it (JTE tagged along for a bit, then left us)
I get the idea of zombie survival and fire it to a friend (asiekierka)
We have a very shitty beta of zombie survival where humans cant talk behind walls to each other, tag players to infect, etc (players that played it include Megatron, catgirl, some others i dont remember)
PixelEater comes along and is like "HEY LOOK NEW LAVA" "OKAY, SURE"
Introduction of most HC and HA ranks, and shits
OHLOOK, SMP BETA WITH NOTCH, QUIVER IN MY BETA PRESENSE, BE JELLY
TNT is awaken by the inner beastings of someone
Lava v2 is out
Zombie v2 is out
SMP v2 is out
MASS RESIGNATION PERIOD IN TIME
OTHER SHIT THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW NOW

I know I was there during the Zombie Survival testing thing. I still remember that manor house.

Also, don't forget that you were the one who gave me Op in the first place. I think that's notable given my rank now.

 

[Deadl0ck]

Was digging, found a pastebin where Deadl0ck got HA.
http://pastebin.com/qMEhH0Zq/

This is actually from the second time I became HA. (after spending a week banned, and three months working my way back up.)

First time I got HA was... right before 2010, I think.

 

[JtTorso]

Was digging, found a pastebin where Deadl0ck got HA.
http://pastebin.com/qMEhH0Zq/

I was reading this with a lot of confusion as it felt as if I had read this before, half way down the page I see Int's old name and it occurred to me that this was probably around the time I was a Trusted or briefly before I applied, I hadn't realized so much happened around this time.

 

[Mikey]

Thats what I thought, I knew Dead was a HA before PYP.

 

[Joshuam08]

Lava was the first server run under TheOne's name. At that time, the server was run on his home computer. I became an OP on the server and then suggested that we host the server on a VPS so it could be 24/7 with no lag. TheOne agreed with this idea so from there, I paid for a VPS for a few months and I forget what happened from there.

 

[Dragosh]

All I remember is that I loved to play on TheOnes, then I lost it for a month and thought it was gone forever, but wanted to try another zombie survival so I went on Blocktopia Zombie Survival and realized it was the same. I guess I became active right after TheOne left. If only I came a few months more early...

 

[Lee_scar]

All I remember is that I loved to play on TheOnes, then I lost it for a month and thought it was gone forever, but wanted to try another zombie survival so I went on Blocktopia Zombie Survival and realized it was the same. I guess I became active right after TheOne left. If only I came a few months more early...

For me it was nearly the same I was playing onzombie a few months before it became blocktopia, was fairly active and nearly going to apply for a rank. Though procrastinated on signing up to the forums.
Poof went theones then I ended up googling theones and got the link that they changed names.

 

[Amorix]

Well, it all started with the creation of the universe...

 

[Numberplay]

So much information here, we'll soon get the exact hours when the servers were created.

 

[ChoclateMuffin]

Some guys thought of blocks and added topia and made blocktopia servers.

 

[balloon98]

hmm we need someone who has been here from to beginning if you guys would want to know more. davidjl123

 

[Jayfeather]

It looks like more info is flooding in,
but we're really just repeating stuff in a cycle, from what I can tell.

 

[Summer10]

It looks like more info is flooding in,
but we're really just repeating stuff in a cycle, from what I can tell.

Slowly adding new information as we go along... like a snowball going down a hill with very little slope

 

[davidjl123]

Well, it started with the Lava server in September 2009 or so.
Build server - late 2009
Zombie server starts with a test by asiekierka.
Zombie server gets finished on April 2010.
Two lava servers, one by PixelEater, and the original lava server.
SMP server - August 2010
TNT server - August 2010
Build server gets shut down for a while
Build server revived
Classic build server dead, CMP (a beta server) takes its place, February 2011
CMP merges with Primordia, September 2011 or so