Bestseed Timeline

The **Bestseed Timeline** is the official timeline for the Bestseed server on Minecraft. The timeline project was started in October of 2019 by members of the community on a google document file before being ported over to the wiki. This contains the different eras the world has gone though in its almost 8 year lifespan and covers the major events that have happened during these eras.

## **The Age of Anarchy**

**C. May 2013 - early 2014**

**Updates: 1.5.2 - 1.7.10**

The Early age also known as the Ancient Times was the first era ever in the world. The era began with the world's creation and mainly consisted of the period where the world was a small village with a few buildings added in. This time was anarchy, TNT explosions, and lava pools were all over the world, craters littered the landscape. There was no established community or motivation during this time and the player count was very low and much of the small playerbase spent their time underground in the vast gave system below the village. This is also the era that we know the least about as nothing was written down and any ancient texts in game that were written have not survived. All we have left to look at are underground rooms, and the ruins of various structures around the map.

* Best Seed comes online for the first time
* Hotel Overlook is constructed   Digging and blasting underground and on the surface begin. The desert is majorly destroyed. The ground is filled with Craters.
* A second village is constructed across the lake and is dubbed "Sandstorm City" (around June 2013)
* The original Prison is destroyed in a large explosion, leaving a large crater in its wake
* The First Journey to the Nether is completed by Vicious Doggett and Domsushi (July 2013)
* Around this time it is believed that several underground rooms, tunnels, and passageways were dug under the village. Only a select few have been located to this day.
* Watchtower built
* The Bestseed Hotel burns to the ground due to a lightning strike, around 5 villagers die
* Shops begin to open for the first time

* The Floating Library is destroyed (September 2013

* The Great Jungle Fire Begins in August 2013 and finally burn out by October, leaving a massive amount of the jungle heavily damaged.

* Colonization of the Nether and End begins (January 2014)
* Sand Storm City is destroyed (May 2014)

## **The Age of Prosperity**

**Mid 2014 - January 2016**

**Updates: 1.7.10 - 1.9**

The Industrial Era was a time of great prosperity in the world. The town was becoming more than just a modified village, it was turning into a small city. Buildings began to rise higher and higher as well as the city expanded larger and larger. This is easily the era that saw the most production and building. By later on in the era buildings were rising high into the sky with the construction of the Superstore, Tower Apartments, and the Wellington Building. The Industrial Era is where Bestseed grew the most and helped give birth to structures that most still stand to this day.

* The Best Seed Purge takes place (June 2014)
* City infrastructure begins to form thanks to Vicious\_Doggett
* Several large buildings are built, Ikea, KFC, The Middle/High School, and the Mall    The Best Seed sign is constructed in the park (June 2014)
* The Lucky Chips Casino opens
* The house in the park burns down and is never rebuilt
* The Underground Elevator opens and on its first run it floods, taking the lives of 6 people (September 4, 2014)
* The Superstore opens, it is the first building to be more than 3 stories tall, standing at 7 stories, rising out of the city’s rather small skyline, becoming the tallest building in the world.
* The Bestseed City Cemetery is built (October 2014)
* Tower Apartments is constructed and opens in 2015 taking the place as the tallest building in the city

## **The Realm Period**

**January - July 2016**

**Updates: 1.8.9 - 1.10.2**

Despite its short lifespan, The Realm age is considered the golden age of the world. In March of 2016 the world became transformed into a realm. This was a time of great innovation and creation and is considered to be a very progressive and important time in the server’s history despite its short lifespan. Life was breathed into the sever, making the small player base even broader. This was the first era where there was a very active community for a short time, with up to seven people being on at one time. This is easily the most filmed era of the world, with several small youtubers making content on or relating to the server and thing such as minigames and challenges became a common thing.

* Hotel Overlook now badly in need of repair is condemned and shut down for good. The building is demolished and a new building is built on the old site, it was renamed the Starlight Hotel (March 2016)
* Gtshark007 maps a large portain of area in and around the city (March 2016)
* The Best Seed sign gets redone (April 2016)
* The Rollercoaster network is established in April 2016 by Vicious Doggett
* The Railway is extended by Fallen\_Turtle
* The first youtube video of Bestseed is recorded
* Beuford Abby is expanded by Fallen\_Turtle and Vicious Doggett (May 2016)
* World Edit is first used on the server (May 2016)
* The Mcckinley hill project begins and they began excavating mckinley hill (June 2016)
* The world glitches and rain becomes more frequent that normal
* Basen Jump Resort is founded as a way to use Elantra’s  and cabins and a base jumping platform are built in the mountains by Gtshark007
* In July of 2016 the world’s popularity begins to decline and people begin playing less and less and by the end of the month the Realm subscription expires sending the world into its next era

## **The Great Decline**

**July 2016 - June 2018**

**Updates: 1.10.2 - 1.12.2**

After the world’s popularity died, the realm subscription was not paid and it expired, following this the world hit an all time low with maybe a log in every few months, the world almost died. During these brief logins problems were ignored such as fire and block destruction. Lightning strikes set many buildings on fire, this is also the time where the world glitched and thunderstorms began to happen constantly as well as the First Sever Terrain Glitch. Enderman taking blocks away and accidental block breaks being ignored, buildings began to look worse. During this time the world glitched a second time and the natural day and night cycle broke, no longer changing time unless manually changed using commands.

* The Realm subscription expires in July 2016
* First Server Terrain Glitch occurs
* Player count plummets to zero by August
* Lan games cease in August 2016
* Bestseed sign suffers a creeper explosion, the damage is ignored. Buildings and structures get worse and worse. The world was almost forgotten about.

* Tower Apartments suffers a massive fire in 2017

* Large fires in the jungle break out rapidly
* Fires in the city hit an all time high, in 2017 alone, it is suspected that over 200 villagers died from fire and explosions
* Several sections of the elevated train are destroyed in March 2018

## **The Great Resurgence**

**June 2018 - January 2020**

**Updates: 1.12.2 - 1.15.2**

In late 2018 a spark occurred and the world began getting played on more and more, the buildings began to get repaired rapidly and even new buildings began to appear, almost it would seem overnight, Best Seed was transformed from a wasteland into the prosperous and beautiful city it once was. This was truly the Bestseed Renaissance.

Following the 2 year dark period, there came a period of regular activity where players would log in every week for a few hours using Lan games on Hamachi. Despite the server’s regular use during this time, not much was done on the server, it was a period of extreme boredom on the server. The server was suffering from several problems during this time such as the broken day and night cycle and constant rain. Most activity was just random messing around with no real goal on the server, using only as a place to just explore and chat.

* The McKinley Hill Project resumes and is finally completed (November 2018)
* The Elevated Train that once surrounded Best Seed is destroyed (December 2018)
* Enderninja99 restores the park (February 2019)
* The Lucky Chips Casino Burns down and the ruins are demolished
* The New Hospital is built and the old one is put up for sale
* Operation Swamp begins the swap begins (July 2019)
* The Port is closed for good and the buildings are out up for sale
* The Callahan Bridge is built
* The United Kingdoms of Bestseed is formed, with its own established government with Domsushi being appointed as the Grand Imperial Admin of the UKBS and General Cheeseman and Cool\_Dude\_Rapper serving as his cabinet members (July 2019)
* The First High Council is formed
* Shaders are used for the first time on the world
* The City is quickly rebuilt and even the long delayed McKinley hill project finally finishes up and Alastor prison opens and is made operational for the first time. There are new additions added to the world and logins become even more frequent.
* General Cheese Man and Domsushi, with the help of Cool\_Dude\_Rapper help to reestablish the city’s once great cityscape, with broken buildings being fixed
* In October of 2019, the timeline project is started
* The New Years Party is held on the server (December 31, 2019)
* First Timeline update (January 2020)

## **The Age of Evolution**

**January 2020 - January 2022**

**Updates: 1.15.2 - 1.18**

The server opens up once again to a full online server using Aternos. This time has seen many innovative ideas and builds from players such as Enderninja99, FaZe\_Cretin, Whad, Moldypeen, Cool\_Dude\_Rapper, and Domsushi. For the first time, Bestseed had a dedicated community that helped to build new things and bring some new style into the world. Several key events have taken place during this time including the creation of the high council and the founding of Cheeseville. This era was shown to be the time where the most player dedication and construction took place, with random players joining regularly and the admins maintaining an organized and friendly presence in the server. This era dealt with the issues of loneliness and isolation brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic after it caused global shut down on March 14, 2020. During this time, the server became a place to talk, make friends, and create bases, with the build becoming more beautiful and grand, more than any time before. This was a time of great progression as the server provided more support for its members and was friendly and non toxic towards anyone who joined. The summer of 2020 brought sever wide warfare, with the Cheeseville Rebellion and Bestseed Civil War breaking out in just a month, resulting ina new server-wide government being formed and a fall and winter filled with several tension. The wars granted full independence to all cities, making them private property. Much of the world was affected by the wars, with many plaers and villagers killed and buildings destroyed. Throughout 2021, massive amounts of progress was made on all of the cities, with each one growing massively in size through the summer of the year. During this time, several buildings were remodeled after many years of falling into disrepair and a new wave of players came and went on the server, with many of the main player base maintaining an online presence. North Williamsburg, a new section of Williamsburg and the Bestseed Museum were the two biggest creations made during the summer, with many of the old asrtifacts and small ruins being saved in the museum to protect them from player destruction. The fall brought with it a new settlement known as Wyvern's Cove, built by Yung\_Nordling in November, and by the following month, regular activity was common.

* Major reconstruction is done by Enderninja99, including the rebuilding of KFC and the renovation of several areas
* World edit is first used to level parts of the world and assist in construction
* The Testicle is removed (January 3, 2020)
* A mass entity wipe by cool\_dude\_rapper kills over 1,200 entities
* Cheeseville, a separate town is established by Enderninja99 across the Callahan Bridge, the town consists mainly of prisons but has a labor camp and a store and the Cheeseville Quartzhouse.
* A Redstone airship makes the first flyover of Bestseed using a machine (February 2020)
* The Bestseed industrial park is built in the swamp on the coast.
* The brand new Dockyard is built on the swamp coast
* The first community event is held, a comedy and karaoke night at the Midway theater (February 2020)
* The Midway Theater is renovated by Faze\_Cretin and a brand new theater is built by Faze\_Cretin and Moldypeen (February 2020)
* Gun plugins are added
* The construction of the brand new courthouse begins under the orders of Faze Cretin
* The player count rockets due to COVID-19 Quarantining (April 2020)
* The Whad World/Best Seed Project is attempted, with a zombie apocalypse themed map set to be used as a mini game, this project is never completed.
* Faze\_Cretin and Wrinkly Beans are married in Bestseed Cathedral (May 2020)
* Operation Swamp comes to an end (May 2020)
* The Unrest of ‘20 occurres Moldypeen and Enderninja99 and Wrinkly Beans (May 2020)
* The 7th Anniversary Party happens in May, with attending members including, Domsushi, General Cheese Man, Whad, Ross Well, Faze\_Cretin, and Wrinkly Beans (May 2020)
* The Bestseed Metro System is founded by Moldy Peen, establishing the first station in Oldtown
* The Airplane is destroyed by Jappydoo12 (May 12, 2020)
* Llewssor becomes a member of the High Council
* The day and night cycle is fixed
* Moldy Peen establishes his first businesses
* Oozy Goozy purchases the old port
* The Obsidian Club is opened along with many other buildings in Ableton thanks to Whad, Domsushi, Oozy\_Goozy, and Cool\_Dude\_Rapper
* The Duat is established (August 2020)
* Quality Armory is added and guns become available (August 2020)
* Moldypeen erects a massive skyscraper and a corner store as a front for his gun running operations. (August 2020)
* The Cheeseville Rebellion takes place
* The Bestseed Civil War begins (August 12, 2020)
* The First High Council is defunct
* The Duat declares its independence as does the colony of Williamsburg. These demands are granted and the UKBS collapses, forming a new government simply called the Bestseed Federation.
* The Duat and Williamsburg become their own independent nations.
* The Tower War begins between the powerful factions run by Moldypeen and Enderninja99.
* In the midst of political tension following the collapse of the UKBS, terrorists begin bombing several locations in Bestseed and Cheeseville. Terrorists are either cheeseville rebels or Union loyalists.
* The Nisson Tower is taken over by Enderninja99 and Moldypeen’s shop is bombed
* Llewssor and DMTOBSIDIAN bomb the Bestseed Mall, killing 5
* The Subway line is completed by Domsushi, Moldypeen, and Oozy goozy
* The train line between Whad’s town and Bestseed in completed (August 20, 2020)

The Evolution period was a time in the world’s history where the world began not only rising but also expanding rapidly following a age of great evolution and innovation. This time was mostly known for the founding of new settlements such as The Duat and Williamsburg. During this time the player base also dropped significantly.

* Bestseed Civil War ends (August 22, 2020)
* The International Trade Center opens (September 2020)
* Political tensions come to a halt by October 2020
* Williamsburg founder and group leader, Waffle Games is married to his girlfriend at the canal building, the wedding is the most lavish and grand wedding in the servers history, with speeches being made and Fireworks are set off in celebration. (November 2020)
* DMTObsidian constructs a series of underground bunkers in the jungles outside of the Bestseed city
* The High Council is re established
* Waffle\_Games ports the bestseed world file to a new server platform, helping to eliminate lag and improve performance (December 2020)
* The first major highway in the worlds history is constructed by Whad, Domsushi, Enderninja99, and Andomeda Lane
* Pissington is founded (December 20, 2020)
* Bean Town is established by Wrinkly\_Beans (December 2020)
* Domsushi resigns as Grand Imperial Admin, giving Whad full control of the sever, while still serving as a consultant. (December 21, 2020)
* The server is posted on Planet Minecraft and an open beta is launched on 21 December 2020 open for players to test out the server, a special hat it given away during this time.
* The server see’s several players during the first 24 hours of public and The first base is greifed within 24 hours of launch.
* Several dedicated players establish bases across the unexplored landscape.
* Whad, turns the server back to 1.12.2 to make a temporary minigame for people to play based on fortnite (30 December 2020)
* The Fortnite project results in a complete failure and is cancelled, with the server being ported back to its original form (January 2021)
* The open beta is wrapped up on 6 January 2021
* The Bestseed Metro system becomes fully automated and begins to run by itself from several cities around the map (9 January 2021)
* Server sees player counts begin to rise steadily as more and more people join to play through January 2021.

* Player counts drop dramatically from February-March 2021

* The construction of the Domsushi Statue begins (March 2021)
* Moldypeen's former store is demolished
* The International Trade Center Complex gets a new addition thanks to Whad and Domsushi.
* The Bestseed Museum's construction begins (June 2021)
* Domsushi releases a new video on Youtube while on the server building the museum with Whad (June 2021)
* The subway train plugin breaks as it is no longer supported in update 1.17, causing a server wide closure of all subway systems and stations (July 2021)
* The Bestseed International Airport is completed and opened (July 29, 2021)
* LGBTQ+ Kingdom is established by players Springthekid and sobun (July 29, 2021)
* The White Room is re-done (July 2021)
* The GamerGCM Statue is completed (July 2021)
* DMTObsidian continues to build bunkers and a statue of them in a maid outfit.
* Williamsburg undergoes a period expansion with the neighborhood of North Williamsburg (July 31st, 2021)
* t1cc1\_t0bi built the tobcar dealership (31st of July, 2021)
* Whad adds a rank system to the server, which will enable deeper community involvement and ensure security. These ranks include, at the time of writing, Default, Builder, Helper and Admin. (August 2nd, 2021)
* The Bestseed Museum is completed (September 2021)
* Subway system reopens (October 2021)
* Wyvern's Cove is founded by Yung\_Nordling (November 2021)
* Player count increases dramatically for several weeks in November of that year before falling down to its normal level after a few weeks.
* Server is placed in full lockdown as threats from the LOG4j2, ending a massive era of evolution and uprising within the server's history, sending the world into an bleak era. It is currently unknown how long this threat will loom over the server, but staffers are trying their best to update the server and ensure the presevation and security of the world.

* The server was placed on a major lockdown, suspending all activity with the exception of major security threats. This was due to Nocom Exploit that was first identified on 2b2t. The lockdown resulted a complete drop of activity and the crash of many of the major operations of the world. During this time, there was almost no activity on the server until January 8, 2022 when the lockdown was lifted after the 1.18 update. After the lifting of the lockdowns, players once again returned to normal activities online.
* At some point during this era, the Duat is destroyed after standing for over two years, leaving a massive crater in its wake. It is unknown how the Duat was destryed, though it is suspected to have been blown up and then a crater created using world edit.

### The Second Server Terrain Glitch

#### May 15, 2023

* The server sat dormant for several months, leading to the plugins wearing out and the software going out of date. In 2023, the server's terrain glitched again during the 1.19 update due to new terrain generation being added. This was the second time this happened in the server's history, but not since 2016. The great second terrain glitch caused massive damage to several cities, and also resulted in new terrain generating over existing cities and areas such as a large amount of Cheeseville, and a small part of Bestseed City. However the real damage came when it was revealed that Williamsburg, the Duat, and Wyverns Cove were completely gone, having been essentially removed by the game and replaced with a mountain and a lake.
* The damage left the sever in a confused and sort of hazed state, leading to a rush to repair any damage and begin new possibilities in the wake of the Williamsburg disaster. Plans for rebuilding the server have come out of players who have expressed a want to return to the server, hoping to make it a regular thing.
* May 15, 2023 saw a major geographical change happen in the world, a change that altered the landscape and weather of the server, but also destroyed entire cities, Williamsburg and Wyverns Cove. Some npcs did survive, being located by players days later, however its estimated thousands of pets, animals, and villagers died in the disaster.

#### Moving Forward

* Whad founds the Eastern Highway (May 2023)
* Whad plans a town east of Bestseed City after the fall of Williamsburg.