OP Craft

The OP Craft (also known as *OPCraft* or *OPCRAFT*) server was launched somewhere in 2014-2015 by *Candy*. The disconcert server name played a large role in choosing the "*CombatMC*" server name later on. Initial development was done by *Candy* but was taken over a year later by *Hexivoid*. OP Craft went through multiple stages in its lifetime, adding to the confusion solved by CombatMC. *OP Craft (v3) is implied when displayed on other wiki pages without a version in parenthesis.*

## OPCRAFT (1.0)

First launched as a fun server experiment named *OPCRAFT* somewhere near 2014-2015, the OP Factions server was a 1.6.4 (possibly 1.7.2) server which included typical ranks named after ores and a spawn from *TheArchon* server. The experiment turned more into a permanent and stable gaming server after it's initial success.

### Initial release

The server gained unexpected popularity and revenue the first few days, with players such as *tasc10* donating $25 for the Emerald rank on the first day. Long time members such as *Starcannon* and *FreezeHD* were also met during this time period. *fartchicken8* quickly quit the server after being part of *Candy*'s life for so long. As a result of the lasting success after being posted on Minecraft server websites, something uncommon at the time, a Skype chat was created and Buycraft sales were made common. Players could receive the Gold rank for free by subscribing to *Hexivoid* on YouTube (in which they gained over 42 subscribers!).

### Stable release

All the major and significant aspects were completed in less than a month of release. Ranks were completed, a server YouTuber, *Unmodified* (now *Xtermis*) under the channel name *Unmodified Games* began recording base building, and a stable vote system was under way attracting more players in August of 2015 (a month definitely remembered). A premium Buycraft subscription was also purchased. A video involving the 1.0 stable release can be seen here.

### Downfall

Typically, a person's life becomes busier and busier over time. Such happened to *Candy* and *Hexivoid*, and server maintenance halted. With no new features and contact support, players stopped playing until only a dedicated group remained. With no new players, the server died on its own, with the server reputation gone with it. Rumor has it though, a server backup of this version still exists on an old laptop. ;)

## OPCRAFT (1.5)

Here came the summer of 2016, and so did plenty of extra time. Still named *OPCRAFT*, the server was resurrected with the same faithful group of players returning. Suddenly though, the server (permanently) crashed... A crash would occur on every start, and with no recent backup and a small player base, the server died once again. There's not much more to be said here.

## OP CRAFT (2.0)

By this point *Candy* was done with Minecraft and had sold OP Craft to *Hexivoid* for an undisclosed amount of money and percentage of future revenue. *Hexivoid* attempted to relaunch the server with the same general gamemode. The name was changed to include a space to make it easier to read and was kept capitalized to catch attention. The spawn map was completed but there wasn't enough reason for a quick release, so once again development slowed and stopped. The part of the server that was already completed never went public.

## OP CRAFT (3.0)

OP Craft was the pseudo name given to CombatMC while the server was in development and not announced yet.

A backup of OP Craft 3.0 last played on July 20th of **2016** was relaunched on February 15th, 2019. Hexivoid, awesomeyogrut10, OfficerSheSaid18, and Lemon\_117 were the only ones to join it in the first few hours. Lemon\_117 was also added to the CombatMC beta whitelist on this day.