Timeline

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Spawn City of the first Survival world

"Welcome to the Cyberdog Nation!" Dogcraft.net

This page contains a timeline of significant events and changes affecting the Dogcraft website, discord & server throughout it's lifetime, effectively serving as an overview of the community's history.

Dogcraft Timeline

2012

July

The homepage of Dogcraft.net on the 21^st of August, 2012; one month after the founding of the website.

• 12 July 2012 - Dogcraft.net website founded by ReNDoG as a forum for fans to discuss videos.
• 14 July 2012 - Dogcraft.net is first mentioned by Rendog in Episode #56 of his Let's Play Minecraft series.
• 14 July 2012 - Dogolith introduced, with the new site serving as a destination for fans to apply to be "immortalized" onto the monument in Rendog's world.
• July 2012 - Dogcraft.net VIP membership program introduced, a precursor to the Patreon system today, allowing fans to support Rendog and the site.
• July 2012 - Pickaxe and Bone logo designed

August

• August 2012 - AJAX Chat added, allowing Cyberdogs to instantly message over the site.
• August 2012 - Arcade added
• August 2012 - Dogcraft Dollars first implemented, which could be earned through VIP membership or for chatting on the forums.
• August 2012 - Dogcraft Shop added, allowing users to buy website "stock" to display on their profile with DCD.

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2015

September

• 28 September 2015 - Dogcraft Minecraft Server launched for testing on Minecraft 1.8 for a select group of Pioneers.
• 28 September 2015 - Survival world launched; a Survival Multiplayer world. Spawn City was founded on this day.
• 28 September 2015 - Amplified world launched; a Survival Multiplayer world with Amplified terrain
• 28 September 2015 - MCMMO world launched; a Survival Multiplayer world with MCMMO plugin.
• 28 September 2015 - Creative world launched; a creative mode world. The first iteration required an admin to allocate plots.
• 28 September 2015 - Skyblock world launched, with missions for players to complete.
• 28 September 2015 - First Hub world launched, with a design based on Rendog's Mole City from his Survival series world.
• 28 September 2015 - Dogcraft Discord server created.

October

• October 2015 - Construction developments in Spawn City; MoleMart building founded by  TheFreakSound and crop farms established by  NBStuart.

November

• 14 November 2015 - Dogcraft Minecraft Server launches publicly for the first time.

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2016

April

• Mid April 2016 - Survival Railway Network (SRN) founded by  _edo and  Mr_Dawgie on the first Survival world.
• Late-April 2016 - Completion of Grannydog's Monument in Spawn City, with new Spawn Station underneath.

May

• 4 May 2016 - Stream Town founded during a livestream by ReNDoG.
• 21 May 2016 - End Dimension on the Survival world officially opened.
• 21 May 2016 - Dogcraft updated to Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update

June

• 2 June 2016 - Lackria founded by  William278 and  SENsationals02 alongside a secondary railway track of the SRN.
• 16 June 2016 - First ever main line SRN railway station completed - South Station.

November

• 6 November 2016 - Rendog posts base tour video, touring Lackria among other locations leading to a large influx of new players.

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2017

February 2017

• February 2017 - Snow Day event held; the first to be fully organized by the original Events Team.
• February 2017 -  darparniox assumes role of SRN Conductor from  _edo.

March 2017

New Dogcraft.net site introduced in March 2017.

• March 2017 - Dogcraft.net experiences major data loss following a hard crash, bringing the site down for the first time since 2012.
• March 2017 - New Dogcraft.net site launched with a fresh forums and design by  Mattigins. Many features were removed, such as the arcade games.

April 2017

• 1 April 2017 - No Fooling Around: A PvP Event held, attended by Rendog.
• 22 April 2017 - Festival of Flight event held, an event based around sky and elytra-based activities, featuring flight courses, a building contest and aerial PvP.

May 2017

• 5 May 2017 - The Survival Railway Network project establishes a Discord server, becoming the first Dogcraft sub-community to do so. More communities would do this as Discord became the definitive method of communication on Dogcraft.

June 2017

• 1 June 2017 - HeadMod  Rustbite announces the release of a new Survival world, dubbed "Survival 2", to be released later that year.
• 10 June 2017 - Something Summer event held, a summer-themed event held on a beach with a festival theme.
• June 2017 - Wanigoora founded by  OPwrecker.

July 2017

• 12 July 2017 - Dogcraft celebrates it's fifth birthday. HeadMod  LilWolfie asked Cyberdogs to name their favorite memories of the community in exchange for prizes.

October 2017

• 31 October 2017 - Spooktober halloween event held on the server.

September 2017

The City of Havana

• 2 September 2017 - Survival 2, the second Survival Multiplayer world was released in a livestream event by Rendog, effectively succeeding Survival 1.
• 2 September 2017 - City of Havana founded by  _edo,  darparniox and  Brianetta, amongst others.
• 2 September 2017 - Akkara City founded by  William278,  LAK3RS and  TraktorMC.
• 2 September 2017 - Survival Railway Network in Survival 2 established.

December

• December 2017 - Christmas 2017 event held, with a large snow globe build featuring a central grand Christmas Tree, a collaboration between the Build Team and Staff Team.
• 31 December 2017 - New Years' Eve was celebrated by a build in the end that celebrated the pass of New Year in every country around the world, an organisation of the Staff, Build and Events Teams.

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2018

March

• 28 March 2018 -  j0n_r4ng steps down as HeadMod.

April

• 21 April 2018 - Havana is toured by ReNDoG in a base tour video.
• 28 April 2018 - Akkara City Opening Day event held on the server, with a livestreamed tour of the town by Rendog.
• Late-April 2018 - As a result of the popularity of cities on the server, a large number of new settlements are founded, known as the Townpocalypse.

May

• May 2018 - Colors event held, celebrating the "colors of life". It featured a number of color-oriented events, including parkour and a sheep-based version of "Hungry-Hungry Hippos".

June

• 30 June 2018 - Cyberdog Wiki Project is established by  William278, founding what would become the Official Dogcraft Wiki.

July

• 31 July 2018 -  SummerFlower1234 is promoted to Server Admin.

September

• 23 September 2018 - Redstone Revelry event held. It featured a large mansion with a diverse set of redstone traps and puzzles.

October

• 7 October 2018 - Hydropolis officially opens to the public, with a large 65-wither fight drawing large crowds to the short-lived city.
• 7 October 2018 -  Brianetta steps down as Server Admin.
• 15 October 2018 - It is announced that all worlds would be deleted and a new Survival world would be launched on the 20^th of October that month.
• 15 October 2018 - Staff face large community backlash from the announcement, criticizing the short notice and blunt wording of the announcement.
• 16 October 2018 - Usage of the World Downloader mod is permitted on Dogcraft.
• 19 October 2018 - The server is closed to make way for the third Survival world, all other worlds (except Creative) were discontinued at this time.
• 20 October 2018 - Survival 3, the third Survival Multiplayer world on the Dogcraft server, launched to the public.
• 20 October 2018 - Deliverance founded by  LAK3RS,  William278,  Rhyvin and other Akkara members.
• 20 October 2018 - Chronia founded by a group of members who built Hydropolis on Survival 2.
• 21 October 2018 - The Home Tree founded by  Dutchsoccer and friends.
• 24 October 2018 - Ectobeast steps down as HeadMod.
• 25 October 2018 -  Scooberson accepts role of HeadMod

November

• November 2018 - Trade Hall established by  TickleMePickles.  bricksburger and  Maverick2008 would join him to assist in construction.
• November 2018 -  William278 leaves Deliverance project to make preparations to found what would become Ouranos.

December

• 21 December 2018 - The 2018 Christmas Event Opens.
• 31 December 2018 - NYE event

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2019

January

• 7 January 2019 - Ouranos founded by  William278 and  misterblue28
• 22 January 2019 - The sur3 mall opens.

March

• 5 March 2019 - The Survival 3 Enderman and Pigman farms become public.
• 17 March 2019 - The Helper rank is introduced, with  TiniestTea,  CaffieneJitters and  William278 serving as the inaugural holders.

May

• 7 May 2019 - @Content tag added to Dogcraft allowing users to opt-in or out of pings in #shameless-plugs.
• 27 May 2019 - The new events team consisting of  Gummibear87, OldManLP85, RY44 and  William278 is announced.

July

• 7 July 2019 -  Navi_Heylisten and  Clangedinn are married on the server, to commemorate their real life marriage.
• 8 July 2019 - Spawn build challenge commences, organised by  Domino_1 and the events team.

August

• August 2019 The Cyberdog Photography Contest is held, encouraging Cyberdogs to take photos of the server.
• August 2019 - Saturday Nitro Live event takes place on the server; a Nitro UHC tournament. Semifinals and finals are broadcast by ReNDoG.

September

• 24 September 2019 - Due to a server issue, the server had to be rolled back a few days. This was also when 1.14 was added to the server.
• 25 September 2019 - Administrator  Ironboundred sets up a temporary server for players to play on, while the main server is worked on.

October

• 18 October 2019 - The new hub, built by  OldmanLP85,  kimandjax,  RoseRedTiger and  Mipronk.
• 20 October 2019 - The 1 year anniversary of the survival 3 server is celebrated
• 26 October 2019 - The official wiki is launched.
• 27 October 2019 - The 2019 Halloween event opens to the public.

November

• 17 November 2019 - The shopping list event occurs.
• 21 November 2019 - The Hide & Seek minigame returns to the server.
• 29 November 2019 -  marbou9 resigns from the head moderator position. A community made video is released to thank him.

December

• 20 December 2019 - Ragecorp Winter Wonderland opens to the public.
• 12 December 2019 -  simply_simon_ is appointed as as Head Moderator
• 15 December 2019 - Saturday Nitro Live Season 2 finals night occurs.
• 15 December 2019 - The 2019 Christmas Event is made public.
• 31 December 2019 - New Year’s Eve is celebrated in the 2019 Christmas Island.

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2020

January

• 3 January 2020 - The 2019 Reflections Wiki Event begins.
• 11 January 2020 - The Grand Map of Survival 3 is completed, led by  _edo and  Skelleton123
• 11 January 2020 -  TekBot0507's event, Dig Fo Gold occurs.
• 22 January 2020 -  NaviHeylisten moves position from Discord HeadMod to Discord Admin and  googly2002 becomes the Discord Headmod.

February

• 5 February 2020 - Spawn is decorated for the upcoming Valentines Day.
• 9 February 2020 - The first episode of the CDNN News in over 2 years is uploaded to the Cyberdog Events YouTube Channel
• 23 February 2020 - The City Of Erebus is opened.

March

• 8 March 2020 - The Deliverence D-Day event, organised by  LAK3RS commences
• 12 March 2020 - /plan system instituted as an alternative stats viewing system on the server
• 15 March 2020 - The incoming closure of the sur3 world is announced as well as the new sur4 server.
• 17 March 2020 - The St Patrick’s Day Event is the final themed event of Survival 3.
• 20 March 2020 - The server is updated to 1.15.2, and the world border is expanded. During the downtime, a temporary server was set up.
• 20 March 2020 - The new website is released, players have to re-register. Claimblocks were reset.
• 22 March 2020 - The wiki is made fully public on the new website.
• March 2020 -  bBrain becomes a server administrator.

April

• 1 April 2020 - Survival 3 ends and Survival 4 begins
• 10 April 2020 - Husky End Opening takes place.
• 11 April 2020 - The second Survival 4 world, Beagle is open to the public.
• 19 April 2020 - Beagle End Opening takes place.
• 23 April 2020 - The Discord Emote Competition is announced.

May

• 5 May 2020 - Dynmap is re-introuced to the server on the Husky and Beagle Survival 4 worlds for the first time since 2017.
• 17 May 2020 - The Race Around the World event is held;  Fraserxx8 and  Mark98Scholten come in joint first.
• 20 May 2020 - The Survival 4 Mall is opened, with a new multi-layered design.
• 23 May 2020 -  briggsmech is promoted to HeadMod.
• 24 May 2020 - May Mayhem PvP event is held, hosted by  UnspeakableAl,  ProtuberDC and  Doblocks.  legowar1508 claims first place.

June

• 1 June 2020 - The @Dogcraft rank is introduced to the Discord.
• 21 June 2020 -  NightSkyPC's Hardcore Parkour event takes place.
• 24 June 2020 -  William278 becomes Discord Head Mod, alongside  googly2002
• 28 June 2020 -  TreeManForever's event, The War of The Pillager King takes place.
• 29 June 2020 -  sasha1nine7 is promoted to Patreon Head Mod.