Empire News Timeline

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• July 25, 2011 - The Empire Minecraft servers were launched
• August 5, 2011 - The launch of EmpireMinecraft.com
• August 9, 2011 - Added live map
• August 11, 2011 - Added teleportation in town
• August 21, 2011 - The shop system was completely changed
• August 27, 2011 - Added supporter rank
• September 15, 2011 - Added chat channels
• September 17, 2011 - Added referral system
• September 17, 2011 - EMC updates to Minecraft Beta 1.8
• September 18, 2011 - Added wilderness
• October 10, 2011 - Added rules and commandments
• October 11, 2011 - Added derelict policy
• October 14, 2011 - Added daily rupee bonuses
• October 22, 2011 - Added new user tutorial
• October 27, 2011 - Wilderness, wastelands, and nether were reset
• October 28, 2011 - EMC hits 1,000 members
• November 9, 2011 - SMP2 was launched
• November 23, 2011 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.0.0
• November 25, 2011 - Utopia was launched
• December 4, 2011 - SMP3 was launched
• December 20, 2011 - SMP4 was launched
• December 29, 2011 - EMC hits 5,000 total members
• January 5, 2012 - Added chest locking
• January 24, 2012 - EMC hits 10,000 total members
• January 28, 2012 - Added Square
• February 1, 2012 - SMP5 was launched
• February 16, 2012 - SMP6 was launched
• February 29, 2012 - Eggification was added
• March 6, 2012 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.2
• March 12, 2012 - SMP7 was launched
• March 22, 2012 - Non-Town worlds were reset
• March 24, 2012 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.2.4
• March 29, 2012 - Added RTS (Residential Teleportation System)
• April 2, 2012 - SMP8 & SMP9 are launched
• April 10, 2012 - Empire.us now redirects to Empireminecraft.com
• June 18, 2012 - EMC hits 40,000 total members
• July 25, 2012 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.3 and Celebrates its 1st Anniversary
• August 25, 2012 - Dragon Egg trade-in offer
• September 6, 2012 - Entity limit is put in place
• September 18, 2012 - New Ban Policy
• October 30, 2012 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.4
• December 26, 2012 - First official promo: A special 2012 Empire Firework
• February 1, 2013 - Aikar & Maxarias are promoted to admin
• February 12, 2013 - The Empire Shop (/shop) is revamped
• April 26, 2013 - EMC hits 60,000 members
• May 2, 2013 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.5.2
• May 16, 2013 - Endertopia 2.0 is added
• May 19, 2013 - Wastelands are relaunched
• June 18, 2013 - The Survival Update
• July 25, 2013 - EMC Celebrates its 2nd Anniversary
• July 26, 2013 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.6.2 "The Horse Update"
• August 30, 2013 - Added the Empire Wiki
• September 28, 2013 - New, interactive user tutorial
• November 2, 2013 - Red Dragon represents EMC - Krysyy at Minecon 2013
• November 11, 2013 - Residence tagging
• November 26, 2013 - BungeeCord is added
• December 4, 2013 - EMC now owned by Starlis LLC
• December 8, 2013 - EMC new wild policy (political outpost establishments) released
• December 10, 2013 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.7.2
• January 28, 2014 - Dragon Stone Fragments released
• February 14, 2014 - Empire Mail released
• March 1, 2014 - EMC launches "Play your Way" Player Settings
• April 8, 2014 - Krysyy joins the administration team as Community Manager
• April 26, 2014 - Difficulty Update Released
• May 11, 2014 - Empire Tokens released
• June 25, 2014 - Relaunch of the YouTuber Team
• July 25, 2014 - EMC celebrates its 3rd Anniversary
• August 5, 2014 - Economy chat is released, global Town chat for all supporters
• August 21, 2014 - All Players can Fly in Utopia Town
• October 30, 2014 - New Graveyard is released
• December 24, 2014 - New Town spawns are released
• December 31, 2014 - New Mob arena is released
• February 15, 2015 - New Frontier spawns are released
• April 24, 2015 - EMC reaches 300,000 members
• May 6, 2015 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.8
• May 20, 2015 - EMC introduces item history and custom repair costs
• June 17, 2015 - Residence sub-flags are added
• July 22, 2015 - Residence Permission Groups are added
• July 25, 2015 - The Empire celebrates its 4th anniversary
• August 6, 2015 - Derelict system changes
• August 7, 2015 - Supporter page cosmetic upgrade
• August 13, 2015 - Introduced Empire Event Leaderboards
• August 23, 2015 - New forum titles and trophies
• August 24, 2015 - EMC supports name changes
• September 26, 2015 - Minibosses code and behavior changes
• October 15, 2015 - Friends system is released
• November 7, 2015 - EMC celebrates 100k forum members
• November 18, 2015 - Marlix behavior and survival update
• January 23, 2016 - Improved Mobile Forums Site
• February 19, 2016 - JackBiggin takes over as Stream Team leader
• February 27, 2016 - EMC celebrates 400k members
• May 1, 2016 - Frontier spawn redesign and expansion announced
• May 2, 2016 - Appeals page improvements
• May 4, 2016 - Voting page improvemnets
• May 15, 2016 - Rules Updated
• May 30, 2016 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.9.4
• July 4, 2016 - Player shop update (choose signs)
• July 25, 2016 - EMC celebrates its 5th anniversary
• August 8, 2016 - Anti-grief update
• October 30, 2016 - Vault system upgrades and new trading system
• November 12, 2016 - New Contribution Team Leaders: AlexC__ and FDNY21
• November 18, 2016 - Two-factor authentication released
• December 29, 2016 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.11.2
• December 29, 2016 - Chat rules updated
• January 15, 2017 - Empire Shop replaced by limited selling /shopworld
• January 16, 2017 - Eviltoade and JDHallows join Empire Event Organizers
• February 26, 2017 - EMC's logo is slightly modified after vote
• June 6, 2017 - Boss Bar Update
• June 22, 2017 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.12
• July 21, 2017 - New Player Guide is overhauled
• July 31, 2017 - Very old bans are cleared
• August 4, 2017 - Games Server release
• November 7, 2017 - CDJS becomes a Build Team Leader
• October 19, 2017 - Discord replaces Mumble server
• December 10, 2017 - Global Community chat replaces Town and Market chat replaces Economy
• December 11, 2017 - New tutorial is released
• December 15, 2017 - Voting update and residence subzones released
• December 19, 2017 - EMC celebrates 500K forum members
• January 4, 2018 - More new forum titles and trophies
• January 31, 2018 - Forum 'Member of the Month' begins
• June 14, 2018 - New supporter perks added
• June 30, 2018 - The Survival Update 2.0 released
• August 12, 2018 - Updates to rules and auction rules
• August 26, 2018 - Roslyn becomes a Build Team Leader
  
• April 24, 2019 - Staff actions surveyed and modified
• September 13, 2019 - MoreMoople becomes a Contribution Team Leader
• October 18, 2019 - Khixan becomes a Build Team Leader
• March 15, 2020 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.15.2 and introduces cross-server channels
• May 14, 2020 - Major revision to Rules
• May 30, 2020 - Compass Boss Bar update and significant performance/render distance improvements
• December 19, 2020 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.16.4
• July 25, 2021 - EMC celebrates its 10th anniversary
• July 25, 2021 - chickeneer is promoted to Lead Developer
• September 5, 2021 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.17.1
• January 21, 2022 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.18.1 and Residence Bookmarks released
• June 26, 2022 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.19
• July 9, 2022 - Minigames and parkour on the Games server re-open
• December 30, 2022 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.19.3 and adds Discord account verification
• March 31, 2023 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.19.4
• May 30, 2023 - The Empires Update released
• July 10, 2023 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.20.1
• March 17, 2024 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.20.4
• August 17, 2024 - Updates to auction rules
• November 3, 2024 - Progryck becomes a Build Team Leader
• December 14, 2024 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.21.1

What makes it on the timeline?(top)

• New server releases
• Major or impactful server and forum updates
• Important changes to key elements of the site and Community, such as Rules and Guides
• Key player membership milestones
• Promotions of larger Community impact (e.g. admin, team leader, events)
• With discretion, other key events in EMC's history, such as Minecon appearances