Empire News Timeline
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EMC and its Community have undergone plenty of changes since EMC began in late 2011. All of these wonderful additions to our server, such as gameplay, fun-factor, moderation, and more have led to how everyone plays Minecraft on the Empire servers today.
Timeline(top)
- 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 30th, 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 19th, 2020 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.16.4
- July 25th, 2021 - EMC celebrates its 10th anniversary
- July 25th, 2021 - chickeneer is promoted to Lead Developer
- September 5th, 2021 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.17.1
- January 21st, 2022 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.18.1 and Residence Bookmarks released
- June 26th, 2022 - EMC updates to Minecraft 1.19
What makes it on the timeline?(top)
This page celebrates some of the following types of events that have happened on EMC:
- 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
There's a lot that makes up the Empire. Learn a bit about us, how it all works and how to thrive in it.
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