Foxshot

## **About FoxShot**

**Foxshot** is a realistic creative Minecraft build server for Java and Bedrock Edition founded by CraftyFoxe in Fall 2016. To become a builder, you must take a trial and pass with 3 green votes from our Mods or a Director vote.

### **Scale**

The main scale used is 1.5:1 scale, but other scales are used outside of the main world. There are several worlds: Trainworld, Freebuild, WorldONE, Sodor, FoxshotPlot, BuilderPlots, NYCmap, FoxshotMain, flatroom and Sandbox.

## **History**

### **Origins**

Foxshot went public in October 2016 with the vision of being a vanilla-friendly and open-source downloadable Realistic Creative Server. CraftyFoxe, dissatisfied with existing realistic creative servers, decided to create a server that encouraged collaboration. The first player to join after CraftyFoxe was Higgsboson728.

### **Early Days**

The first town, nicknamed B-Town for Beginner's Town, featured a Chase bank building as its spawn. The first iteration of Downtown, influenced by builder 3\_7's preference for urban decay, included an elevated train and skyscrapers. Longview was established as a suburban version of Downtown, emphasizing house building. Since most players were vehicle builders back then and didn't care much about houses, the trial system was introduced, which required players to build a house. The server's first video was uploaded on December 9th, 2016.

### **Server changes**

* On January 13, 2017, an announcement was made regarding custom nicknames, revealing that they would cost $100,000. Interested players could acquire a custom nickname by making a request and payment through a Mod.
* The next day, on January 14, 2017, the Convict rank was introduced specifically for ex-Builders.
* Subsequently, on July 2, 2017, the Morty rank was created. Players with this rank could not become Builder.
* In the ongoing development of Foxshot, the Lt.Builder rank was created on January 4th, 2018, It stands for Lieutenant Builder and was created for senior builders. Later, on June 30, 2018, the Vet.Builder rank was established for veteran builders, offering them the ability to use a /hat command similar to Lt.Builders.
* At a later unspecified point in the server's evolution, the spawn underwent a notable change, transforming into a recreation of the Unisphere in Flushing NYC. This redesigned spawn included a Builder's globe adjacent to it, featuring a globe that displayed the locations of builders throughout the world.
* Foxshot updated to 1.13.2 on November 18, 2018.

### **Director Election**

On April 22, 2019, Nyctota, also known as Anna, won in the Director Election against Tiger. Nyctota's win marked the introduction of a new era in Foxshot, as he became the second director responsible for server management. Nyctota announced plans for a reform concerning the Lt.Builder rank. Despite this, the Architect trial system implemented during his tenure failed to produce new Architects, leading to the reinstatement of a new planned rank and the Lt.Builder rank.

### **Server changes**

* On August 4, 2019, the Prison and Trial world underwent a transformation, being replaced by an automated PlotSquared plot system.

Subsequently, on August 12, 2019, the Prison world was entirely deleted. The server faced a setback on August 26th, 2019, when a disgruntled builder (applecrafterlp) griefed the server systematically, destroying many warps. An attempt to rollback ensued, resulting in a server crash that corrupted numerous chunks. To prevent such incidents in the future, a 2-day automatic backup system was implemented in case of another crash or grief. On September 26, 2019, WorldEdit was disabled for convicts after a person who failed a trial griefed the plotworld by bypassing restrictions with an exploit, rotating chunks outside his plot. Fortunately, a rollback with a backup successfully resolved the issue.

* On November 17, 2019, Interior construction became mandatory for all house trials following a poll with a vote count of 110 to 65.
* Foxshot updated to 1.14.4 in December 2019.
* On January 9, 2020, builder plots were introduced featuring 251 x 251 plots.
* On March 12, 2020, the #railfanning channel was created on Discord in response to the overwhelming popularity of #trains.
* Foxshot updated to 1.15.2 in March 2020.
* On April 18, 2020, /warp Railset was established for rail infrastructure, accompanied by /warp heli for helicopters.
* On May 5, 2020, /warp house was created.

### **Survival World**

The Survival map was published on June 13, 2020 initially as an anarchy map, loosely based on 2b2t. However, after a few days, it had become far too chaotic and inappropriate so rules were added. There was a green safezone around spawn that protected members from PVP. Later, a survival role was added as a whitelist after there was an issue of people killing each other and stealing loot. Later on, due to disuse, irrelevancy to the rest of the server, the creation of lag with mass spawning of entities in farms such as bees, the Survival world was deleted on October 4th, 2020.

### **Server changes**

* Foxshot updated to 1.16.4 in November 2020.
* On February 5, 2021, Convict rank was changed to Trainee.
* On March 9, 2021, /warp space was created to store all spacecraft.
* Foxshot updated to 1.17.1 in August 2021.
* On May 7, 2021, the #netherlands channel was added to the Foxshot Discord server due to the substantial Dutch population on the server.
* On May 27, 2021, a new main world was created to replace the old one.
* Foxshot updated to 1.18.1 in January 2022.
* Foxshot updated to 1.19 in July 2022.
* On August 29, 2022, a new rank called Trainee Learner was created. this rank was for Trainees that failed too many trials (5+). They will have to fix their house before starting on a new trial.
* on January 28, 2023, /warp TrainGraveyard was founded to store old trains, this was done to create more space for new train at /warp train.
* Foxshot updated to 1.19.4 in April 2023.
* Foxshot updated to 1.20.1 in June 2023.
* On September 6, 2023, the 5-year rank was created. Similar to the Donor rank, players with the 5-year rank would have a [V] prefix in game and have access to the /hat command. "V" standing for Veteran and 5. In a way, the veteran-builder rank returned in a different form.

### **Trail system reforms**

On November 4, 2023, the trail system as we knew it was completely changed. Now, trainees and tourists could pick a building to their liking via Google Maps. This was a big change compared to the old system, where they would have to pick a trail reference from the Discord channel. A lot of new rules were also added to make this new trial system work. These rules can be found on the Discord server.

### **Server changes**

* On December 9, 2023, /warp Sandbox was created. This warp is a freebuild for players with trainee rank. It is, in a way, a new version of prison world.

### **Demographics**

In the beginning, most of the players on Foxshot were from European countries, but gradually more Americans have arrived to become the most prominent nationality, centralizing around the East Coast of the United States. The second most populous groups are people from the UK, followed by the Netherlands and Germany.

Player Join Order.

### **Contests**

Contest submissions can be visited at /warp contest.

* Christmas 2018 House Contest - 1st: JishDaGreat, 2nd: Krisboard
* Street Plot Contest - 1st: An\_Easy\_Leaf, 2nd: An\_Easy\_Leaf, 3rd: Ivo
* Industrial Building Contest - 1st: LeSoldat, 2nd: Allixer, 3rd: Elderwizard
* Bridge Contest - 1st: Frost, 2nd: Anna, 3rd: Allixer
* Christmas Set Contest - 1st: ThisMightBeAuto, 2nd: Worrelles, 3rd: Mark\_28
* Trial House Contest - 1st: \_Mapk, 2nd: An\_Easy\_Leaf, 3rd: Frost
* 2020 Train Set Contest - 1st: Solee, 2nd: Meeper, 3rd: Mightymo, 4th: Blikoc, 5th: Johnny
* Halloween Contest - TBD

## **Warps**

Freebuild, Sodor, Train, Ships, Planes, Car

## **Cities & Towns**

Nordhaven, Tilburg, Ridderswijk, UK, Longview, Downtown, Meadowhills, Baltimore, Ohio City, Beartown, Beacon, Barnes, Brisbane, Jacksonville, New Vegas, Iraq, Weston, Marina

## **Ranks**

* Tourist
* Trainee
* Trainee learner
* Builder
* Lt.Builder
* Mod
* Director

### **Subranks**

* 5-year Club
* Donor

## **Links**

PlanetMinecraft Page: https://www.planetminecraft.com/server/cfoxe-server

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/3Fdvecb

Dynmap: http://mc.craftyfoxe.com:3985/

**Server IP Address:** mc.craftyfoxe.com

Foxshot Server Update Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLat4JcjcZPTxeLinl7mtgXTMd8plEUNzf