Timeline

Date	Event
Before server inception	JSheets3219 and Sebastian Play Private Hardcore Together JSheets3219 and Sebastian would often play private hardcore worlds. These were simple servers that had one simple rule, if either of us died, they would delete the entire world. Often times, their drunk friends (like TheTube) would join and instantly die, making them restart the world. Jsheets expressed an interest in making a server with Sebastian. They both agreed to pay a small bit a month for a (really shitty at the time) VPS.
Shortly before release	Testing the Server Before the server was officially released, JSheets3219 and Sebastian played the server with some friends for a day privately. Sadly, the entire server got accidentally deleted by Sebastian. This was a good sign for Sebastian to setup backups for the official server.
Feb 4 2022	Official Release On Feb 4 2022, around 4:00PM (MT) the server was officially released to the public. It was running Paper on Minecraft version 1.18.1 Originally, you could actually /revive to sacrifice your life to revive another person. There was a basic "rank" system, but it was purely cosmetic and earned through /vote (there's no vote menu anymore) I don't think at the time, anyone really thought much of the server. Even the people who created it weren't aware of how long it would last. The first 10 players to join on this day were (chronologically in Mountain Time) Sebastian (gavain788 at the time) at 14:50:04 JeffBoyardee (Sebastian's friend) at 16:04:53 TheTube (Sebastian's friend) at 16:09:32 1Pome (Pomelo0 at the time) at 18:26:49 Spore_Lizard (Danex00 at the time) at 18:27:12 Gcqrx at 18:42:55 __aloes__ (DreadArrow41115 at the time) at 18:51:34 TaylorUSCG at 19:41:10 JayDay420 (Sebastian's friend) at 20:01:30 InfinityGaming07 at 20:37:41 First day shenanigans (Honorable mention to legit_taco at 23:05:38 for being Sebastian's friend and JSheets3219 would not end up joining til Feb 5 at 12:48:51) The first day was mainly, as you would expect, uneventful with players joining/leaving, some staying for a bit. A lot of them commenting on the ungriefed spawn. JayDay420 Sebastian JeffBoyardee TheTube and legit_taco all setup a small temporary base at 24,87,18 and got diamond tools. There was a ton of shit-talking in chat from Sebastian's friends with some of the nerdy randoms that would come in. You can read The First 3 Days of Chat.