Timeline

The Journey of RetroMC and BetaLands

Key Events from Inception to Present

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This is a chronological timeline capturing the significant milestones, achievements, and key events in the history of RetroMC and BetaLands from their creation to the present day.

2014

• 18 June 2014 - RetroMC is originally created by SpaceWolfE (SuperSheriff).

2015

• May/June 2015 - BetaLands is originally created by Swetz.

2016

• 9 September 2016 - RetroMC is shut down unexpectedly. Communication attempts with SpaceWolfE went unanswered.

2017

• Early 2017 - RetroMC is restarted by an admin named jetpackingwolf ( JohnyMuffin) as a whitelisted server, and he would then advertise it in a Discord group consisting of ex-OakGlen members (a town from the original RetroMC).
• 19 November 2017 - RetroMC becomes un-whitelisted and is publicly advertised on the Minecraft Forum.

2018

• 13 April 2018 - BetaLands and RetroMC merge forming Retro Lands.
• 3 June 2018 - RetroMC and BetaLands split due to differing opinions of Swetz and JohnyMuffin, but the "Retro Lands" name is still kept for the time being.
• 16 June 2018 - The Skylands is added to BetaLands.
• 27 June 2018 - Swetz launches BetaLands Factions (b1.7.3).
• 28 June 2018 - The Towny plugin is set-up on Retro Lands.
• 10 July 2018 - A new default & donor rank system is introduced on Retro Lands.
• 3 September 2018 - The Overviewer plugin is set-up on Retro Lands as a replacement to Dynmap.
• December 2018 - JohnyMuffin renames Retro Lands back to "RetroMC".

2019

• 15 March 2019 - The Skylands is added to RetroMC.
• 9 June 2019 - BetaLands Factions (b1.7.3) is shutdown and rebranded as BetaLands Anarchy.
• 10 June 2019 - The MobArena plugin is set-up on RetroMC.
• 18 June 2019 - RetroMC turns 5 years old.
• 26 June 2019 - The StarGate plugin is set-up on RetroMC.
• 20 September 2019 - BetaLands & BetaLands Anarchy is shutdown.
• 20-21 September 2019 - LeeTaeJun gains ownership of BetaLands and restarts the server except for BetaLands Anarchy, which remains permanently shutdown.
• 18 November 2019 - Swetz regains ownership of BetaLands and decides to rebrand it as Gravel Beach.
• 24 November 2019 - The Skylands and "Mars" (a custom-generated map based on the planet Mars made by developer HappyWaffle) is added to Gravel Beach.
• 8 December 2019 - RetroMC acquires Gravel Beach, which is rebranded as BetaLands again.

2020

• 21 January 2020 - BetaEVO, a RetroMC client mod made by JohnyMuffin is publicly released.
• May/June 2020 - BetaLands turns 5 years old.
• 25 December 2020 - A custom-generated version of the Farlands is added to RetroMC for a holiday event.
• 28 December 2020 - JBans is rolled out as a replacement to EasyBans on RetroMC.

2021

• 5 January 2021 - The Farlands is no longer public on RetroMC due to the holiday event ending.
• 25 October 2021 - The Farlands is made public on RetroMC again.

2022

• 24 December 2022 - JVillage is rolled out as a replacement to Towny on RetroMC.

2023

• 1 January 2023 - J-Stats, a RetroMC statistics website made by developer notsui is publicly launched.
• 7 May 2023 - The RetroMC Wiki (a one hosted on MediaWiki) is privately launched by notsui. Soon after, staff members CruxyMC, Noggisoggi, thecow275 and et al starts documenting stuff on it.
• 23 June 2023 - The RetroMC Wiki is made publicly available.
• 26 June 2023 - The RetroMC Staff Policy Manual is drafted.
• 7 July 2023 - BetaLands' second shutdown is announced.
• 1 September 2023 - The BetaLands Sendoff event occured; it shut down for the public, but it still remains accessible by staff members for transfers.

2024

• 2 March 2024 - The deadline for BetaLands transfers ends, and the server fully shuts down for the last time.
• 18 June 2024 - RetroMC turns 10 years old and the RetroMC 10th Anniversary Tournament is held.
• 28 June 2024 - The RetroMC 10th Anniversary Tournament ends with: Krissofer in 1st place, zavdav in 2nd place, and TelltheL in 3rd place.
• 30 June 2024 - A revamped nature themed spawn island is released to the public on RetroMC.