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= Credits =
 
= Credits =
 
Credit for information mostly goes to '''MassProducer''' for his diligence in finding relevant information to include in this timeline. The majority of the information in this timeline is discovered from website history and Discord logs.
 
Credit for information mostly goes to '''MassProducer''' for his diligence in finding relevant information to include in this timeline. The majority of the information in this timeline is discovered from website history and Discord logs.
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Credit also goes to:
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*'''Dakotaa''' for information and timeline updates.
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*'''CraydorGM''' for information and timeline updates.
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*'''JonD/jrd3044''' for information.
  
 
= 2012 =
 
= 2012 =
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*MCDrugs is Born.
 
*MCDrugs is Born.
 
**MCDrugs was created to be a roleplay server where you survive as a drug grower and seller, growing your drugs in a base/farm and then selling them in Spawn!
 
**MCDrugs was created to be a roleplay server where you survive as a drug grower and seller, growing your drugs in a base/farm and then selling them in Spawn!
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=== October 5th ===
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*The News
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**The first episode of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2rztClVNo MCDrugs News] is uploaded.
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=== October 11th ===
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*MCDrugs Trailer
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**The original [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWLK67NZQBI MCDrugs trailer] is uploaded (music has since been removed due to copyright)
  
 
= 2013 =
 
= 2013 =
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= 2014 =
 
= 2014 =
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=== May 2nd ===
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*Demo(tion)lition
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**Rasta_Lance and Stoof are demoted from Admin, resulting in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XXiWKAG07Q removal of their Spawn statues].
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=== November 28th ===
 
=== November 28th ===
 
*A New Enjin
 
*A New Enjin
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*Parkour!
 
*Parkour!
 
**Parkour is added to the server with varying difficulties.
 
**Parkour is added to the server with varying difficulties.
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=== December ===
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*Max, First Max
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**'''Pinko45''' is the first player to complete the rank progression to become a Maxed Player'''
  
 
= 2016 =
 
= 2016 =
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*Enjin Swap
 
*Enjin Swap
 
**Issues with the [https://mcdrugsold.enjin.com/forum/m/12310240?set-browser-type=web Enjin Forums] caused a shift to a [https://labs-mc.com/threads/welcome.13/ new forum] using Xenforo to handle the Website/Forum needs.
 
**Issues with the [https://mcdrugsold.enjin.com/forum/m/12310240?set-browser-type=web Enjin Forums] caused a shift to a [https://labs-mc.com/threads/welcome.13/ new forum] using Xenforo to handle the Website/Forum needs.
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=== May 6th ===
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*2016 Reset
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**The 2016 map reset is announced, along with a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ijMtYzrXHQ preview of the new spawn].
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=== May 13th ===
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[https://labs-mc.com/threads/mcdrugs-reset-2016.69/ 2016 map reset.]
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=== May 22nd/23rd ===
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*No Narcan Available
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**The [https://labs-mc.com/threads/drugs-sounds-and-effect-and-ethans-vape-shop.196/ ability to do drugs is added], as well as a vape store offering vapes that could be used to create cloud particle effects.
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=== June 20th ===
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The first [https://labs-mc.com/threads/weekly-building-contests.515/ weekly building contest] begins.
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=== July 6th ===
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*Casino Expansion
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**A [https://labs-mc.com/threads/huge-gambling-update.722/ major casino update] introduces the first version of the Jackpot gambling game, as well as improvements to Coinflip.
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=== July 10th ===
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*New Drugs!
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**With the addition of [https://labs-mc.com/threads/drug-update.765/ 6 new drug items], chorus fruit officially becomes a drug.
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=== August 7th ===
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*Time to get Creative!
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**The [https://labs-mc.com/threads/mcdrugs-creative-server-announcement.1011/ creative world is launched].
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=== December 10th ===
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Drug Price Boosters and the Holiday Gift Exchange are introduced in the [https://labs-mc.com/threads/2016-holiday-content-twelve-days-of-christmas-sale.1755/ 2016 Holiday Content Update].
  
 
= 2017 =
 
= 2017 =
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=== January 1st ===
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The [https://labs-mc.com/threads/drug-lord-mastery.1949/ Mastery system is introduced].
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=== March 12th ===
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[https://labs-mc.com/threads/custom-enchantment-runes.2689/ Custom Enchantment Runes] are added, a feature that was available until the 2017 map.
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=== May 12th ===
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[https://labs-mc.com/threads/mcdrugs-reset-2017.3107/ 2017 map reset.]
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=== May 14th ===
 
=== May 14th ===
*The Battle of the Salt*
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*The Battle of the Salt
 
**A Large-scale [http://labs-mc.com/threads/the-battle-of-the-salt.3142/#post-11846 raid] was attempted on faction HoldThisSalt by factions KingsOfTheNorth and USSR. The battles lasted about an hour, ending in the failed attempt to cannon in by KoTN
 
**A Large-scale [http://labs-mc.com/threads/the-battle-of-the-salt.3142/#post-11846 raid] was attempted on faction HoldThisSalt by factions KingsOfTheNorth and USSR. The battles lasted about an hour, ending in the failed attempt to cannon in by KoTN
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=== June 3rd ===
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"Saltbowl", a much-anticipated 1v1 between two of the top PvPers (and trash-talkers) on the server at the time, Zhihu and SaltyKen, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH5JjYBbU1Y ends in a surprising 16 seconds]. The PvP meta at this time was mending/XP bottles, where fights would often last for many minutes.
  
 
=== June 6th ===
 
=== June 6th ===
 
*Promotion
 
*Promotion
 
**'''DaddyPS''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
 
**'''DaddyPS''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
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=== June 15th ===
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The [https://labs-mc.com/threads/kit-pvp.3491/ KitPvP server] is launched.
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=== July 22nd ===
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*Promotion
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**'''ChickenChit''' promoted to Mod after completing their trial phase.
  
 
=== August 26th ===
 
=== August 26th ===
 
*Promotion
 
*Promotion
 
**'''NoodlyAppendage''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
 
**'''NoodlyAppendage''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
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=== August 28th ===
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[https://labs-mc.com/threads/chat-tags.4420/ Chat Tags] are first introduced to the server.
  
 
=== October 30th ===
 
=== October 30th ===
 
*Promotion
 
*Promotion
 
**'''GotEdit''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
 
**'''GotEdit''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
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=== November 4th ===
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The first iteration of [https://labs-mc.com/threads/drug-pass-nov-10th.5310/ Drug Pass] is launched.
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=== November 27th ===
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A testing period for the first iteration of [https://labs-mc.com/threads/drug-muling-testing-stage.5534/ Drug Muling] begins.
  
 
= 2018 =
 
= 2018 =
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=== January 7th ===
 
=== January 7th ===
 
*Armageddon
 
*Armageddon
 
**A TrialAdmin by the name of '''Kidcar33''', while testing commands he has access to, accidently nukes the active players causing widespread destruction throughout the server.
 
**A TrialAdmin by the name of '''Kidcar33''', while testing commands he has access to, accidently nukes the active players causing widespread destruction throughout the server.
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=== May ===
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*Enter the Maze
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**The first iteration of The Maze is introduced. Since then, it has become a yearly tradition for a new Maze.
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=== June 30th ===
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GoodChum and Maltri are married, featured in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmTOdv1FJK4 "Cringy Minecraft Wedding" video]
  
 
= 2019 =
 
= 2019 =
 
=== January 19th ===
 
*Promotion
 
**'''NovaSeepa''' promoted to Admin after completing trial phase.
 
  
 
=== May ===
 
=== May ===
 
*One BILLION Dollars
 
*One BILLION Dollars
 
** A player by the name of '''GlucoseDaddy''' is the first to obtain $1b in the Reset Fund held every year.
 
** A player by the name of '''GlucoseDaddy''' is the first to obtain $1b in the Reset Fund held every year.
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=== September 15th ===
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*Re-Promotion
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**'''CSDrago''' re-promoted to Admin.
  
 
=== December 15th ===
 
=== December 15th ===
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= 2020 =
 
= 2020 =
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=== January 19th ===
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*Promotion
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**'''NovaSeepa''' promoted to Admin after completing trial phase.
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=== July ===
 
=== July ===
 
*FarmA TPS Fixed
 
*FarmA TPS Fixed
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*Promotion
 
*Promotion
 
**'''n3on_n3rd''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
 
**'''n3on_n3rd''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
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=== March 22nd ===
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*Promotions
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**'''MissPatient''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
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**'''Lurrn (Lurnn)''' promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
  
 
=== July 26th ===
 
=== July 26th ===
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*Lab Wars I
 
*Lab Wars I
 
**[https://labs-mc.com/threads/lab-wars.12466/ Lab Wars I] began on this day and was a unique event that was designed to be a collaborative, team-based event where every player on the server is recruited, at random, by one of four labs. Lab Wars was a huge success among the players.
 
**[https://labs-mc.com/threads/lab-wars.12466/ Lab Wars I] began on this day and was a unique event that was designed to be a collaborative, team-based event where every player on the server is recruited, at random, by one of four labs. Lab Wars was a huge success among the players.
 
=== December 10th ===
 
*Promotion
 
**'''CraydorGM''' is promoted to Admin after completing the trial phase.
 
  
 
= 2023 =
 
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*Lab Wars II
 
*Lab Wars II
 
**After the success of Lab Wars I, the Staff Team decided to make it a continuous series, thus [https://labs-mc.com/threads/lab-wars-ii.12508/ Lab Wars II] began, with some minor improvements to the mechanics.
 
**After the success of Lab Wars I, the Staff Team decided to make it a continuous series, thus [https://labs-mc.com/threads/lab-wars-ii.12508/ Lab Wars II] began, with some minor improvements to the mechanics.
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=== April 8th ===
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*Promotions
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**'''Aubie2002''' and '''Kamoh0alii''' were both promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
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=== May 5th ===
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*The Next Era
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**May 5th marked the first reset since the change from MCDrugs to MCLabs.
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**Towny is introduced as a new server playstyle.
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**FarmA, FarmM, and Wild are removed and replaced with the Factions world.
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=== May 28th ===
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*Karaoke Night
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**A Karaoke night hosted by '''Libxrty''' was attended by several dozen people. Many talented acts performed, but '''BuzzyyyBuzz''' stole the show with his rendition of Peanut Butter Jelly Time.
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=== June 3rd ===
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*Promotions
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**'''Olicon''' and '''Libxrty''' were promoted to mod following a successful trial phase.
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=== June 16th ===
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*Lab Wars III
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**Building on the first two iterations of the popular events, [https://labs-mc.com/threads/lab-wars-iii.12641/ Lab Wars III]introduced Diminishing Revenue Returns, the Daily Shop, and Revenue Milestones.
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** After weeks of competition between Crimsom Quadri Lab, Magenta Star Lab, Amber Delta Lab, and new lab Cyan Crescent Lab, '''Amber Delta Lab''' was victorious.
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=== June 17th ===
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*Promotion
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**'''Galaktias''' was promoted to Admin following a successful trial phase.
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=== 21st July ===
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*Promotions
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**'''O____________o''' was promoted to Mod following a successful trial phase.
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=== August 6th ===
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*Promotions
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**'''coreboy95''', '''kFost''', and '''Bellechu''' were promoted to Mod following a successful trial phase.
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=== August 10th ===
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*Lab Wars IV
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**Throwing a new twist in the traditional Lab Wars structure, [https://labs-mc.com/threads/lab-wars-iv.12702/ Lab Wars IV] opened with a draft. The top players of Lab Wars III were drafted between the starting 4 labs. Other changed included giving bonus revenue for fishing in prison, and changing diminishing revenue into categories rather than overall.
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*** After weeks of competition between Crimsom Quadri Lab, Magenta Star Lab, Cyan Crescent Lab, and new lab Silver Skull Lab, '''lab''' was victorious.
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=== September 12th ===
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*Fishing Week +
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**The first ever Fishing Week+ launched. Alongside the traditional fishing week, categories for Cow Milking and Sheep Shearing were added, leading to many players innovating ways to farm mobs.
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=== October ===
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*Halloween Carnage Event 2023
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**MCL's annual Carnage Event returned with a brand new and expanded PvE arena in the cemetery! This time around players had a whole host of bosses to fight, as well as daily missions, rewards, and daily raffles.
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*MCL Murder Mystery 2023
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**Crafted masterfully by '''Aubie2002''', players were able to partake in a month-long murder mystery event. Every single day new clues, areas, and NPC's were available for players to investigate. Their goal? To solve the murder of Aubie himself!
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**Players were granted a whole host of prizes for partaking, including unique trophy items and in-game cash.
 +
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=== December ===
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*MCLabs Christmas 2023
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**MCLabs annual Christmas festivities returned for another year of games, prizes, and competitions. The present hunt, alongside '''Ace42986's''' much anticipated barrier block parkour and maze, and gift exchange made a return.
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=== December 10th ===
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*Promotion
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**'''ZaccSoDrove''' was promoted to Mod following a successful trial phase.

Latest revision as of 13:26, 22 September 2024

Credits

Credit for information mostly goes to MassProducer for his diligence in finding relevant information to include in this timeline. The majority of the information in this timeline is discovered from website history and Discord logs.

Credit also goes to:

  • Dakotaa for information and timeline updates.
  • CraydorGM for information and timeline updates.
  • JonD/jrd3044 for information.

2012

August

  • MCDrugs is Born.
    • MCDrugs was created to be a roleplay server where you survive as a drug grower and seller, growing your drugs in a base/farm and then selling them in Spawn!

October 5th

October 11th

  • MCDrugs Trailer
    • The original MCDrugs trailer is uploaded (music has since been removed due to copyright)

2013

June 5th

  • That's the sound of da police!
    • Police applications open, and players can now apply to play as a police officer to try to stop the illegal trafficking of drugs through the server!

2014

May 2nd

November 28th

  • A New Enjin
    • MCDrugs begins using an upated Enjin Forums platform for all of the forum needs.

2015

March 10th

  • Parkour!
    • Parkour is added to the server with varying difficulties.

December

  • Max, First Max
    • Pinko45 is the first player to complete the rank progression to become a Maxed Player

2016

April 24th

  • Enjin Swap
    • Issues with the Enjin Forums caused a shift to a new forum using Xenforo to handle the Website/Forum needs.

May 6th

May 13th

2016 map reset.

May 22nd/23rd

  • No Narcan Available

June 20th

The first weekly building contest begins.

July 6th

  • Casino Expansion
    • A major casino update introduces the first version of the Jackpot gambling game, as well as improvements to Coinflip.

July 10th

  • New Drugs!

August 7th

December 10th

Drug Price Boosters and the Holiday Gift Exchange are introduced in the 2016 Holiday Content Update.

2017

January 1st

The Mastery system is introduced.

March 12th

Custom Enchantment Runes are added, a feature that was available until the 2017 map.

May 12th

2017 map reset.

May 14th

  • The Battle of the Salt
    • A Large-scale raid was attempted on faction HoldThisSalt by factions KingsOfTheNorth and USSR. The battles lasted about an hour, ending in the failed attempt to cannon in by KoTN

June 3rd

"Saltbowl", a much-anticipated 1v1 between two of the top PvPers (and trash-talkers) on the server at the time, Zhihu and SaltyKen, ends in a surprising 16 seconds. The PvP meta at this time was mending/XP bottles, where fights would often last for many minutes.

June 6th

  • Promotion
    • DaddyPS promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

June 15th

The KitPvP server is launched.

July 22nd

  • Promotion
    • ChickenChit promoted to Mod after completing their trial phase.

August 26th

  • Promotion
    • NoodlyAppendage promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

August 28th

Chat Tags are first introduced to the server.

October 30th

  • Promotion
    • GotEdit promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

November 4th

The first iteration of Drug Pass is launched.

November 27th

A testing period for the first iteration of Drug Muling begins.

2018

January 7th

  • Armageddon
    • A TrialAdmin by the name of Kidcar33, while testing commands he has access to, accidently nukes the active players causing widespread destruction throughout the server.

May

  • Enter the Maze
    • The first iteration of The Maze is introduced. Since then, it has become a yearly tradition for a new Maze.

June 30th

GoodChum and Maltri are married, featured in the "Cringy Minecraft Wedding" video

2019

May

  • One BILLION Dollars
    • A player by the name of GlucoseDaddy is the first to obtain $1b in the Reset Fund held every year.

September 15th

  • Re-Promotion
    • CSDrago re-promoted to Admin.

December 15th

  • Promotion
    • Killah121 promoted to Admin after completing trial phase.

December 28th

  • Promotion
    • Goodchum_ promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

2020

January 19th

  • Promotion
    • NovaSeepa promoted to Admin after completing trial phase.

July

  • FarmA TPS Fixed
    • A player by the name of Galaktias has a large mushroom farm get raided, subsequently causing the TPS in FarmA to return to a normal range.

July 7th

  • Is this server ILLEGAL??
    • A YouTuber by the name of TommyInnit joins MCDrugs and interacts with the community - and his following was quick to join thereafter.

September

  • The French Invasion
    • A French YouTuber by the name of Fuze III joined the server to talk about what the server had to offer. Subsequently, it brought along a wave of primarily French speaking players that proceeded to spam the chat and cause headaches for the Staff Team.

October

  • Promotion
    • parcheesi15 promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

2021

August 2nd

  • Backdoor Attack
    • Several players gained access to OP level permissions and used it maliciously to attack the server, deleting Spawn, setting everyone online player balance to $1,000,000,000, destroying areas that players were in, and deleting server files.
      • This attack was one of the worst seen in the history of the server, and caused significant server downtime.

September 4th

  • Again?
    • Players from previous attack join again in an attempt to attack the server. Attack was caught early and damages done were quickly reverted.

September 5th

  • Promotion
    • Willifolts promoted to Admin after completing trial phase.
    • Kidcar33 promoted to Admin after completing trial phase.

November 23rd

  • DT Spam Attack
    • A YouTuber by the name of DuperTrooper came on the server while live streaming and claimed the server was Pay to Win and had his followers join the server to spam the chat and dump as many items as they could in Spawn.

2022

February 2nd

  • Promotion
    • n3on_n3rd promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

March 22nd

  • Promotions
    • MissPatient promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.
    • Lurrn (Lurnn) promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

July 26th

  • Christmas in July
    • A moderator by the name of Aubie2002 is testing commands that he has access to, and accidently starts the Holiday Event in July, hence dubbed Christmas in July.

September 27th

  • Compliance Notification
    • Microsoft contacted MCDrugs Owner Dakotaa in reference of being out of compliance with Mojang's Brand Guidelines, Commercial Guidelines, and EULA, specifically for gambling, act of selling drugs, and that all servers, entitlements, and advertising must be suitable for children and minors. Dakotaa notified the community of the changes that would have to be made.

October 10th

  • MCLabs is Born.
    • MCLabs was created to comply with the Compliance Notification the server received. The change can be referenced here.

November 3rd

  • Lab Wars I
    • Lab Wars I began on this day and was a unique event that was designed to be a collaborative, team-based event where every player on the server is recruited, at random, by one of four labs. Lab Wars was a huge success among the players.

2023

January 22nd

  • Lab Wars II
    • After the success of Lab Wars I, the Staff Team decided to make it a continuous series, thus Lab Wars II began, with some minor improvements to the mechanics.

April 8th

  • Promotions
    • Aubie2002 and Kamoh0alii were both promoted to Admin after completing their trial phase.

May 5th

  • The Next Era
    • May 5th marked the first reset since the change from MCDrugs to MCLabs.
    • Towny is introduced as a new server playstyle.
    • FarmA, FarmM, and Wild are removed and replaced with the Factions world.

May 28th

  • Karaoke Night
    • A Karaoke night hosted by Libxrty was attended by several dozen people. Many talented acts performed, but BuzzyyyBuzz stole the show with his rendition of Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

June 3rd

  • Promotions
    • Olicon and Libxrty were promoted to mod following a successful trial phase.

June 16th

  • Lab Wars III
    • Building on the first two iterations of the popular events, Lab Wars IIIintroduced Diminishing Revenue Returns, the Daily Shop, and Revenue Milestones.
    • After weeks of competition between Crimsom Quadri Lab, Magenta Star Lab, Amber Delta Lab, and new lab Cyan Crescent Lab, Amber Delta Lab was victorious.

June 17th

  • Promotion
    • Galaktias was promoted to Admin following a successful trial phase.

21st July

  • Promotions
    • O____________o was promoted to Mod following a successful trial phase.

August 6th

  • Promotions
    • coreboy95, kFost, and Bellechu were promoted to Mod following a successful trial phase.

August 10th

  • Lab Wars IV
    • Throwing a new twist in the traditional Lab Wars structure, Lab Wars IV opened with a draft. The top players of Lab Wars III were drafted between the starting 4 labs. Other changed included giving bonus revenue for fishing in prison, and changing diminishing revenue into categories rather than overall.
      • After weeks of competition between Crimsom Quadri Lab, Magenta Star Lab, Cyan Crescent Lab, and new lab Silver Skull Lab, lab was victorious.

September 12th

  • Fishing Week +
    • The first ever Fishing Week+ launched. Alongside the traditional fishing week, categories for Cow Milking and Sheep Shearing were added, leading to many players innovating ways to farm mobs.

October

  • Halloween Carnage Event 2023
    • MCL's annual Carnage Event returned with a brand new and expanded PvE arena in the cemetery! This time around players had a whole host of bosses to fight, as well as daily missions, rewards, and daily raffles.
  • MCL Murder Mystery 2023
    • Crafted masterfully by Aubie2002, players were able to partake in a month-long murder mystery event. Every single day new clues, areas, and NPC's were available for players to investigate. Their goal? To solve the murder of Aubie himself!
    • Players were granted a whole host of prizes for partaking, including unique trophy items and in-game cash.

December

  • MCLabs Christmas 2023
    • MCLabs annual Christmas festivities returned for another year of games, prizes, and competitions. The present hunt, alongside Ace42986's much anticipated barrier block parkour and maze, and gift exchange made a return.

December 10th

  • Promotion
    • ZaccSoDrove was promoted to Mod following a successful trial phase.