Internet Protocol Crisis

Tommy's server settings page betraying him.

The **Internet Protocol Crisis** was a server internet protocol (IP) address leak unintentionally caused by the leader of Business Bay, TommyInnit on Day 99.

The leak occurred while Tommy, who was streaming at the time, was modifying the server settings to disable the server resource pack. Unbeknownst to him, the settings also included the IP of the server, which was revealed to the audience.

## Prelude

TommyInnit and TimeDeo returned to the server and found themselves in the midst of a pillager raid at their base in Business Bay in which Tommy, Bitzel and Grunk had fought earlier. They had all battled against the final wave of the pillager raid and were cleaning up the remaining Vexes, after having killed off the Evoker summoning them.

Meanwhile, TimeDeo had slipped into a bottomless pit located in one of Business Bay's houses, and logged out above the void, requiring rescue by another player. His rescue could be achieved by covering the ground below him with blocks or by other means. Unfortunately, he plunged to his death in the void despite the efforts of Grunk and Tommy, taking with him a vast amount of Business Bay's wealth.

Regardless of Deo's untimely death, Tommy decided to clean up the blocks placed and reopen the massive chasm, ignoring the concerns of his fellow streamers. He too dug himself into the void, and disconnected in the moments prior to his impending demise.

## Crisis

While logging out in order to avoid his apparent death, Tommy was informed by Deo that he was beyond saving. Bitzel told Tommy to turn off the server's resource pack, which would have possibly enabled him to bypass the load time of the resource pack and be given ample time to use an Ender Pearl to escape.

However, as he followed his colleague's advice, he unknowingly revealed the server's IP address (`guh.smpearth.com`) to his audience. He realized his error a few seconds later, noting it aloud with Bitzel saying that his mistake is not overly severe as the server is whitelisted. Nevertheless, Tommy immediately messaged one of the server's admins, JoshA20, saying "leaked the SMPEarth IP, so sorry, is it whitelisted?". Josh quickly appeared in his chat with the message, "banned?". Tommy, who endeavoured to defend his position to Josh, accidentally leaked the IP address again on stream which caused a second uproar.

Tommy then logged back onto the server in an attempt to save himself from the void using ender pearls. However, he was already beyond the bedrock level, rendering his attempt a failure and he decided to log out again. He then pleaded with Josh to use his godly power to teleport Tommy back to the surface. At the same time, Josh informed the streamers that the server IP was changed, both to prevent any threats and to provide insight into the situation as many concerned viewers were contacting him about the issue.

Again, Tommy messaged him: "I will pay you so much. Please, just do this for me. I can't bear to die. Please, God...". Josh only replied, "You begging is funny lol". Tommy responded with another bargain, "Josh, I will unmute you from Twitter, IF and only IF, you teleport me and I'll give you diamond."

## Aftermath

As the server was Whitelisted, there was no fear of anyone unauthorized joining the server. Worries about DDOS and other cyber attacks similar to the one the public beta server suffered arose, though it is unknown if any malicious attacker was able to gather enough information to carry out any attacks.

Despite his preparations and attempts at bargaining, Tommy would still fall into the void. This secondary blow crippled Business Bay's economy, as they had simultaneously lost several blocks of diamonds and Prot IV sets of armor.

Due to the success of the raid, Tommy was awarded the Hero of the Village achievement and had the discount privilege with the villagers. However, after purchasing a set of diamond armor from the villagers under Deo's house, he lost the buff as he plummeted to his death in one of his MLG tricks. In the meantime, Josh had also shared the IP address in Tommy's chat as his viewers who missed the event kept asking what the IP was, though Josh informed them the address was changed soon after.

Sometime later, Josh personally messaged him in-game that Tommy was the last person he expected to leak the server IP as he regarded the leader of the Bay as a "sharp minded young person" and congratulated him for that. Tommy responded "shut up" and Josh replied with a "<3".

## Trivia

* SMPEarth had gone for 99 days before the IP had been leaked, a much more impressive feat than it seemed.
* The original server IP was remarkably similar to the public Beta's IP, with the Beta's IP being "beta.smpearth.com" while the private IP was "guh.smpearth.com"
* The decision to post the IP on the wiki was a matter of hot contention, ending when one of the editors pointed out that Josh had posted the IP himself.
* Tommy was actually not the first person on the server to leak the IP
	+ Swiftyislive accidentally did the same during his first hour on the server on Day 1. Unlike Tommy, he immediately deleted the VOD to avoid incursion or any other technical issues.
	+ Skeppy had also leaked the server IP briefly in his stream. Shocked by his own mistake, he assured his viewers that it was an old address. However, it was clear that the IP shown was the same one that Tommy had leaked.
* On Day 8, WilburSoot drafted several laws upon consensus from all the factions involved during the Saint-Malo Trials in Brittany. One of them was "first person to leak the IP gets their kneecaps stolen".
	+ However, this law was abandoned as Wilbur had condensed it to form the Worldwide Laws (no aggressive expansion and no writing and drawing with borders) that he added into the Brittanic House of Law (BHOL). Hence, it is unknown whether Tommy's case would ever be brought to court or receive any repercussions.

## Gallery

Josh in Tommy's chat, reassuring the viewers that the IP was changed.Josh 'congratulating' Tommy.Tommy's reply.

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