Timeline
The Journey of RetroMC and BetaLands
Key Events from Inception to Present
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 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). - 23 November 2017 - RetroMC becomes un-whitelisted and is publicly advertised on the Minecraft Forums.
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.
- 3 September 2018 - The Overviewer plugin is set-up on the server as a replacement to Dynmap.
- December 2018 - JohnyMuffin renames the server back to "RetroMC".
2019
- 15 March 2019 - The Skylands is added to the server.
- 10 June 2019 - The MobArena plugin is set-up on the server.
- 18 June 2019 - RetroMC turns 5 years old.
- 26 June 2019 - The StarGate plugin is set-up on the server.
- 20 September 2019 - BetaLands is shutdown for the first time.
- 21 September 2019 -
LeeTaeJun gains ownership of BetaLands and restarts the server. - 18 November 2019 - Swetz regains ownership of BetaLands.
- 8 December 2019 - RetroMC acquires BetaLands.
2020
- 21 January 2020 - BetaEVO, a RetroMC client mod made by JohnyMuffin is publicly released.
- 25 December 2020 - A custom-generated version of the Farlands is added to the server for a holiday event.
- 28 December 2020 - JBans is rolled out as a replacement to EasyBans.
2021
- 5 January 2021 - The Farlands is no longer public due to the holiday event ending.
- 25 October 2021 - The Farlands is made public to the server again.
2022
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' 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.
- 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.