The Degen Zone Crisis of 2023

On the 12th of November 2023, users of the Degen Zone discord server, the official server of LiquidWiFi, were in for a shock in what would become a major event in the server’s history. LiquidWiFi, the server owner, announced that he would be shutting the server down in one week.
This decision came after reactions from some members in the community, requesting that talk about fecal matter and flatulence be moderated in the server. Prior to this, there was a channel called “#farting”, where users would post “farted” every time they farted irl. This channel was highly polarising within the community. A poll conducted at this time showed that the split between those who wanted it deleted to those who wanted it to stay was about 70/30. Much of this intense conflict and debate showed itself in the channel #server-suggestions, which was riddled with dumb suggestions in the days leading up to the crisis. This fierce divide in the community was likely the straw that broke the camel’s back, as this is very serious business.
When the calamity first began, users saw that key channels, such as #memes, #spamypasta, #music, #server-suggestions, and even the highly controversial #farted had been archived. Users saw that the channel names had been replaced with MotionPlays-themed named (such as #motions-chat instead of #the-chat). Users were befuddled as to what was going on, until Liquid explained to the chat that the server’s days were numbered, and he no longer took interest in keeping the server. 
There was a wistfulness in the air on the day that the chat found out the server was shutting down. Some were scared, as they had nowhere they were going to go. Others were accepting of the server’s demise, as all good things must come to an end. And others wanted to watch it burn. In the end, users of the Degen Zone discord knew that they had to send off the server nicely, and keep in touch with each other when it was removed. Many joined the VC (about ~7 users at its peak) to send the server off, and a new server was made for those who wanted to stay with the community. Despite the hardships for the community during the crisis, the need for us to stick together was highlighted in those treacherous days.
In the end, it was all revealed to be a joke put on by Liquid, at least that is what we were told. He may have changed his mind on deleting the server in response to user reaction, but he decided against it in the end. The channels that were once archived were reinstated on the 15th November 2023, with the exception of #farting, #server-suggestions, and #real-talk. This was in response to a poll put out by Liquid, gauging public opinion of the new server layout, which got 17 likes and 34 dislikes (as of 16th November 2023).