BetterSd

## Creation

Mafu created "better sdslayer server" on September 17, 2022 as a drama-free side server based on the Sdslayer Server. The server's main purpose was to be a fun and safe server with only the best members, and absolutely no drama. The primary server time zone is EST.

The server was mostly dead in 2022, was renamed to "Sdslayer Server 2" on December 12 that year, and then BetterSd (2023) on January 6, 2023. The server name became trademarked™ on February 24th.

## Activity Surge

Starting on January 3, 2023, following the implosion of the Sdslayer Server, activity in BetterSd would see a massive spike, and this activity spike would slow a bit in late January, however the server remained exceptionally more active than the original. The most active day recorded in the server so far is Sunday, February 26, 2023, a day before the owner's birthday, with 11,578 total messages (EST) and 10,016 (excluding spam and logs.)

## Chapters of BetterSd™

### Prologue: Testing (Aug 28, 2022 - Sep 07, 2022)

On August 28, 2022, Mafu created "better sdslayer server" just to test how a recreated server would turn out. Because the invites were fully open and invites were always being sent in other places, lots of people would join, including Chase. However, due to severe disorganization with bots and the server idea in general, as well as some of the members, especially Chase, making the server less desirable.

This server was deleted on the morning of September 7th, 2022, however, that would NOT be the end of the recreated Sdslayer Server's legacy. BetterSd was to arrive just 10 days later.

### Chapter 1: The Quiet Start (Sep 17, 2022 - Oct 04, 2022)

On the afternoon of September 17, 2022, a server simply named "better sdslayer server" was made. The server icon was simply the original server's icon of a stick figure spitting out cereal, except with a big "2" typed in indigo color in the Poppins Black font over it.

Not many messages were sent, as the members mostly used the original server to talk, until the server got a boost in activity on October 5th due to some Chase-related drama in the original server.

### Chapter 2: Lasting Silence (Oct 05, 2022 - Jan 02, 2023)

The server went very quiet after the main drama of October 5th was over, and it would remain this way until January 3, 2023, with the FUNEhouse drama.

### Chapter 3: Explosive Activity (Jan 03, 2023 - Feb 24, 2023)

This chapter is self-explanatory. Activity exploded from less than 10 messages a day, to between 500 and 5000, sometimes even more, such as on January 6th, with 10,005 total messages in EST.

### Chapter 4: Golden Age of BetterSd­™ (Feb 25, 2023 - Mar 16, 2023)

The invitation of Zerick and Luca to the server on February 25th and 26th really boosted activity even further, as the server hit 11,578 messages (EST) on the 26th. Some very rare drama happened on March 5th involving Lustix and Julia leaving, however Lustix would return and the mood would return back to normal in the server. On March 6th, due to the Get Into The Out There!™ spam event, the server had a whopping message total of 13,050 that day in Eastern Time.

### Chapter 5: The Dead Days, Again (Mar 17, 2023 - Jun 20, 2023)

Starting on March 15, 2023, Mafu, the owner of the server, suddenly became extremely active in HSWC mostly because their main friends from BetterSd, TWU and Julius, had shifted their activity back to HSWC after a very active period of time in BetterSd. On March 17, NA encouraged Mafu to invite members of BetterSd over to HSWC, and so they did, and TWU would help by pinging everyone for a little trolling. Starting after March 17, the server rapidly began to die out after Loops' departure from the server that day. Loops would return on March 23, but leave two weeks later, followed by a ban. This chapter was mostly dead but included several unusually active days.

### Epilogue: The End (Jun 21, 2023 - Jul 06, 2023)

The end of an era. BetterSd's archival process began on June 21st with the following announcement:

@everyone well damn, this server has went down a miserable path in the past three months maybe i’m to blame, but in reality no one is actually at blame for the deep depression that has lasted for months in this server. this server was a private, locked community to begin with and i created it due to the hostility of the unmoderated original server, where more and more toxic and immature kids would fill the server, and eventually that killed it

what killed this server? natural server death, perhaps because the mood was just wrong after julia left on march 5th, and then the mass migration to hswc, but let’s NOT blame it on that, because migrating to another server isn’t even a wrongful decision. plus, this community could not possibly have lasted forever

the original server all started on 7/6/2021 as a video project idea for a hypothetical hurricane season, where members could vote on polls related to the season. the polls became very rare, and the activity instead became very common, growing into a full community after 6 months, however once 2023 hit, that server hit a bottom point. non-stop little kid drama all the time, and completely open invites with no moderation… perfect setup for chaos and eventually death.

i made this server in september, and it really became active in january due to a mass migration here after some childish incidents just got everyone too tired of the original sdserver’s shit, and activity lasted for over 2 months before well. the mood here was killed and that likely sparked another mass migration, however from this server to HSWC.

it’s been a long way, and lots of memories were made in that 2-month long golden era, especially february. thanks for everything that happened here.

*This server will get archived on July 6th, exactly two years after the first creation of what would become the “Sdslayer Server Community”, which all began as a video project server.*

This server’s prolonged death seems to be inevitable, so I announce that in about 2 weeks from this message, this server will be wrapped up into a special storage of memories made in the short-lasted, yet undoubtedly amazing golden age of this server. Nothing lasts forever, but it was fun while it lasted.

**Server Archive Process:**

\*\*June 23\*\* Dismantling of staff team

\*\*June 24\*\* Role & permission updates

\*\*June 25\*\* First group of archived channels: #sd-wiki-chat #weather #spam-channel #bettersd-vc-chat and BetterSd VC

\*\*July 1\*\* Second group of archived channels: #advertise #venting #server-logs #member-polls

\*\*July 4\*\* Third group of archived channels (BUNKER ARCHIVED): #the-bunker #introductions #bot-commands

\*\*July 6\*\* Complete archival of server: Last two channels #general #counting + permission fixes to all categories, channels and roles - everyone can still view the memories made

-Server icon text loses all saturation of yellow

-Server renamed to indicate archive

-No member can speak in any text, voice or forum channels

-Invites deleted and closed

The server was fully archived on July 6th, marking the end of the BetterSd™ Chapters.