Red Max

\_Red\_Max\_, commonly referred to as "Red" was the primary account of Steven Booth - Endercraft's owner,

For most of Endercraft's duration, Red was held in high regard for his creativity and charisma. Unfortunately, in the fall of 2017 it was revealed that he had been secretly using multiple Minecraft accounts to extort his playerbase. This ranged from the immoral - threatening to destroy player's in-game progress if they didn't send him money, to the downright illegal for - soliciting nude photos from a teenage player and then distributing them.

He has been ostracized and expelled from his former community, though he has been detected stalking their online activity time to time.

It is the opinion of his former friends that Steven Booth and his many alternate accounts should not be allowed in most online communities - especially communities with young individuals - and that anyone who interacts with him be wary of his loose morals and well-practiced deception.

This page will include a summary of the controversy, as well as a detailed account of the history of each account.

# The Endercraft Controversy

The following is an account of Steven's misconduct, and how he was eventually caught.

Endercraft was a Minecraft server where players were allowed to play competitively by battling each other, stealing from one another, and destroying (griefing) each other's builds. Players would hide their in-game homes (often referred to as "bases") and item stashes from one another to prevent destruction. This could be done by hiding it far out into the game world, making it hard to find in the vast wilderness, and/or by hiding it out of sight underground.

Players could use real money to buy in-game items and abilities (Note: This is forbidden by Minecraft's EULA) including in-game currency and otherwise unobtainable items. These transactions were processed through Endercraft's website, and the money was sent to a Kevin Booth (believed to be Steven's father.)

The scam would work as follows: Because Steven owned the server, he had access to the locations of any and all players. No matter how well a base or a stash was hidden, he could track exactly where a player was in-game. Using this advantage, Steven would use one of his many extra Minecraft accounts to pose as a regular player who had just so happened to find a base/stash. Using this alternate account he would then demand players use real-world money to buy special items for him as ransom. Because these accounts looked different, had different names, and never used any voice-chat systems to communicate, the players of Endercraft had no idea these accounts secretly belonged to Steven.

Steven used this tactic to gain hundreds, if not thousands of dollars from his mostly-teenage playerbase.

In the most illegal and egregious case, Steven used one of his alternate accounts to pressure one of these teenage players - Flareskies - into sending him explicit photos of herself. He used the possession of these photos to further pressure Flareskies into doing as he wished.

These accounts were loathed by his playerbase, and their uncanny knack his alternate accounts had for finding well-hidden bases/stashes made many players suspicious. Players were also curious as to why he would not ban such toxic players from the server. These conditions lead the lead admin, Kitilexx, to investigate.

While Red had taken many precautions to mask player account information, he had overlooked or underestimated a backdoor system that allowed administrators like Kitilexx to access IP addresses. IP addresses are unique codes that represent a device on the internet or local network. They can also show the city that a user is connecting from. Kitilexx found that all of the Minecraft accounts listed below had the same exact IP address as \_Red\_Max\_, the account belonging to Steven. They also all had the same origin - a residential area Steven's Kentucky hometown.

This proved without a shadow of a doubt that all of the following accounts were being used to exploit teenagers for Steven's monetary and sexual gain.

# Account History

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2017

Red's primary account was friendly, professional, and curt with players. He'd often chat with players in-game, but was rarely seen. On occasion he would travel with players, or visit them at the spawn islands.

He conducted staff operations from this account, including work on The Quest, punishing rule-breaking players, and communicating with staff.

### **History**

\_Red\_Max\_ Timeline
* Red and tacman88\_ appointed as moderators.
* Samuri629 and 2Legiit4U create EndercraftMC
* LemuriaMC shuts down, players moved to EndercraftMC
* Red appointed admin of EndercraftMC by Samuri629
* Blood Wars event is hosted by Red
 2014
* Red Resets Map
* tacman88\_ appointed admin
* Seth1999 appointed builder
* New world released to public with "The Quest"
 2015
* Varrdoom joins the server
* Varrdoom creates The Disorder faction
* Varrdoom destroys Enderclan
* xMOCKINGJAY101x appointed moderator
* Thr33 disappears
* Varrdoom betrayed by pancake72
* Vardoom disappears
* Banner hunt event is hosted by Red
* Brewing Bash event is hosted by Red
* Halloween event hosted by Red
* Parkour challenge hosted by Red
* Varrdoom returns, foreshadows LueDae\_ account
 2016
* Red Hosts Dei Nomads event
* Kitilexx appointed moderator
* Silent\_Blue
* TommyJaq joins the server.
* Echo Raids occur
* Tommy reveals information about the Hashashin
* Wraithshade joins the server
* Rugglekrum joins the server
* Bombshell joins the server
 2017
* RavingBunnny3 appointed moderator
* Kitilexx appointed admin
* ReadingBook joins the server
* Disorder joins NDER
* ChefCluck joins the server
* Red's alternate accounts discovered by admin Kitilexx
* ZuzuBailey confronts Red. Red claims IP match due to all the accounts being college peers. Community outrage
* Endercraft spawn is destroyed by thecamogamer, Kitilexx, Crushsoda, and joalsm
* EndercraftMC is reported to Mojang for violation of EULA
* EndercraftMC is shut down‎

### **Trivia**

Red's last known location was on the patreon server of Youtuber SaltedBeef

The Red Blade is an item found at PvP Island embedded in stone, believed to be named after Red

Red has a similar, but less advanced building style to seth1999.

### **UUID** **Profiles**

\_Red\_Max\_ NameMC Profile

\_Red\_Max\_ MCStats Profile

## ‎**Alternate Accounts**

The following is a list of accounts - ordered chronologically - confirmed to have the same IP address as Steven's \_Red\_Max\_ account, and are known to be belong to him. The accounts seemed to have a variety of purposes - some being used to extort player donations - others seemingly just used for fun/roleplay. They also seemed to follow an interesting trend in character design and behavior - either based off of pop-culture characters or his own players.

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2017

Thr33 was the earliest account to have been confirmed having the same IP address as Red. The Thr33 account was well known for having the greatest success in The Server Quest among any player. Often Thr33 gave players hints when they got stuck. The Thr33 account had a friendly disposition - very similar to Steven's personality, and would talk fondly about The Quest if asked, hinting at incredible treasures, powerful secrets and fantastical lost lands.

### **History**

Thr33 Timeline
 2015
 2016-2017

### **Trivia**

Th33 shares a near identical skin to some variations of \_Red\_Max\_'s skins.

### **UUID** **Profiles**

Thr33 NameMC Profile

Thr33 MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2017

Varrdoom was an account used to be the primary server antagonist and the leader of The Disorder. This account was created for several reasons:

1.) Encourage more competitive gameplay among the community, and invest players in the resulting conflict.

2.) Drain player resources, prompting them to donate to the server to buy more, or buy perks to better hide their resources.

However, it had very mixed results. Most players were interested in cooperative playstyles, and were only alienated from the server by a hostile "supervillain."

Eventually the embarrassing Varrdoom persona was replaced by Luedae as Red's primary way of acquiring donations, while Wraithshade replaced it as Red's primary way of encouraging competitive play.

Varrdoom was responsible for the collapse of Enderclan, holding players, bases, and their items hostage in what was known as "The Era of Varr"

This was also the first account that pressured flareskies into sending explicit photos.

### **History**

Varrdoom Timeline
* Varrdoom (Alt) destroys main Enderlcan base
* Varrdoom account destroys smaller Enderclan bases
* Varrdoom account creates The Disorder. Convinces Pancake72, Neotrinity2011, and Flareskies to join The Disorder
* Varrdoom account solicits nudes from Flareskies multiple times.
* Pancake72 backstabs Varrdoom
* Varrdoom account leaves server - claims to be "mourning the death of his father. "
* The Disorder is inactive
 2016
* Varrdoom account asks Pastor\_Glowstone for help fighting The Hashashin - is denied.
* Varrdoom account again solicits nudes from Flareskies, this time it is in exchange for contact with The Hashashin
 2017
* The Disorder appears to oust Varrdoom and join NDER
* Varrdoom account attacks The City of ZuzuBailey in retaliation. Ransoms city, but city is moved overnight by Pastor\_Glowstone.

### **Trivia**

Varrdoom's first username was Vaktus, which happens to be the username of an infamous ROBLOX faction leader.

### **UUID** **Profiles**

Varrdoom NameMC Profile

Varrdoom MCStats Profile‎‎‎‎‎‎

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2017

LueDae was one of the most extortionist accounts of \_Red\_Max\_, playing the part of an "elite minecraft bounty hunter."

LueDae was by far the most active and impactful account in terms of aquiring player donations.

Since Red was the server owner, he could simply teleport to the builds and homes of his players. He would then use the LueDae account to demand his players give him ranks or items that could only be bought via donations. If they refused, Red would have the LueDae account destroy the player's hard work, steal their items, or otherwise grief them.

### **History**

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### Trivia‎‎‎

Evidence suggests the character name was based off of the Star Wars character Boba Fett, and the character design based off player RavingBunnny3.

### **UUID** **Profiles**

LueDae\_ NameMC Profile

LueDaue\_ MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### **UUID** **Profiles**

Silent\_Blue NameMC Profile

Silent\_Blue MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### **UUID** **Profiles**

TommyJaq NameMC Profile

TommyJaq MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2017

WraithShade was another account found to have the same IP as \_Red\_Max\_.

Initialy Wraith appeared to be an assassin for The Disorder, silently attacking players and vanishing similar to the Varrdoom account. After some time, he became a spokesperson for The Disorder and started assigning players tasks. Many of these tasks were meaningless busywork, but were allegedly part of some larger plans.

The WraithShade account was known for being crass, strong-willed, and cryptic.

During Kitilexx's Necrosorcerer Event, Wraithshade was caught responding to Steven's name being called. Several players, including \_Red\_Max\_ were in a Skype Call during the event. In order to test his suspicions about Wraithshade being an account of \_Red\_Max\_, Pastor\_Glowstone DMed a few players to watch Wraithshade closely. Pastor\_Glowstone then randomly yelled in the call "Steven there's a zombie behind you!" to which everyone witnessed Wraithshade respond by looking behind himself in-game.

### **History**

* WraithShade defends Zuzu's Town

### **UUID** **Profiles**

WraithShade NameMC Profile

WraithShade MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2016

The Rugglekrum account was one of the last accounts found to have the same IP as \_Red\_Max\_. Rugglekrum initially built a reputation as an "Information Dealer."

However, the large amount of misinformation spread by players and Red alike led to a culture of distrust within the community. In addition, many players made their own personal stories and quests, which were often at odds with Ruggle's. information. The Rugglekrum account's most impactful information was The Disorder's intention to free Raziel from Skull Island.

After The Resistance fell, Rugglekrum took on the role as a community leader. He helped facilitate the creation of New Adanac until it was destroyed.

### **History**

* Pastor\_Glowstone hires a hit on Rugglekrum from LueDae\_. Lue fails to kill Rugglekrum.
* Rugglekrum assists with New Adanac

### **UUID** **Profiles**

Rugglekrum NameMC Profile

Rugglekrum MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2016

The \_Bombshell account was the fourth earliest account found to share Red's IP address.

Bombshell gained notoriety among the community for his chat toxicity and many griefs. Much like the Varrdoom account, he targeted player builds that contained donation items within, and would ransom sentimental builds in exchange for more donations. However, the Bombshell account also preyed on new players in particular. Endercraft's community was often inclined to be merciful towards, protective of, or even help new players in hopes of growing the server. The Bombshell account exploited this sentiment by ransoming the homes of new players, which inclined the longstanding community to shell out donation items. When Kitilexx and RavingBunnny3 tried to punish Bombshell for chat toxicity Red intervened and denied that Bombshell should face any punishment.

This account was known to be cunning, obstinate, and cruel. Bombshell had particular infamy for making fun of the personal lives of players. Discussion between players confirmed that much of the personal information was something only an Admin or Owner would have access to seeing via chat logs.

During the destruction of Sunmast, Steven forgot that Minecraft displays the name of any player responsible for pet deaths. Because he was using his \_Red\_Max\_ account to aid in the destruction, Pastor\_Glowstone saw the notification "\_Red\_Max\_ blew up Wolf using TNT."

### **History**

* Boomsday occurs October 30th.
* Destroyed Sunmast
* Destroyed The Undergarden
* Created The Crater

### ‎**Trivia**

‎Bombshell's skin appears similar to Mavel's Red Skull character

Bombshell's player head was often used for decoration due it's resemblance to a meatball. This coined him the nickname "Meatball" or "Meatball Man."

Pastor\_Glowstone created a crude map art depicting Bombshell with a missile in his ass.‎

### **UUID** **Profiles**

\_Bombshell NameMC Profile

\_Bombshell MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2017

Husheye, also known as "Hush" for short was a mysterious persona of Red who appeared on Endercraft sometime in late 2016.

Red would use his Husheye account to create small adventures for other players, such as the Owl Shrines or the Owl Temple.

This account's primary purpose seemed to be to provide miniquests for the playerbase to pursue, along with providing foreshadowing for Red's plans.

### ‎Trivia

His persona and playstyle were based on Red's idealized version of Pastor Glowstone, and possibly marvel's Daredevil

### **UUID** **Profiles**

Husheye NameMC Profile

Husheye MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### **UUID** **Profiles**

ReadingBook NameMC Profile

ReadingBook MCStats Profile

## Endercraft Stats

### Last Appearance

2017

Chef\_Cluck, known as "Chef" or "Cluck" for short, was another roleplay account of Stevens.

As his name would suggest, he spent nearly all of his time working as a chef, working in various restaurants and catering events on Endercraft including his own "Cluck's."

Cluck came to the server in late 2016 and built a large restaurant seemingly overnight

In the meantime, Cluck also bought a shop at Marketplace Island, where he built a food cart - and became successful in selling food there.

Many players have claimed to have destroyed the restaurant

Cluck has built and held residences in several other towns, the most well-known being the town of Adanac, where he served as a zoning adviser.

It is alleged that Cluck also built a secret airship for the clan The Resistance, as well as a large secret town.

### **History**

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### **UUID** **Profiles**

ChefCluck NameMC Profile

ChefCluck MCStats Profile

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