Timeline
From The Shire
2010
October
- 15th: Ctshiner creates our first Minecraft server, Fraggle Rock
- 20th: Ctshiner creates The Shire after Fraggle Rock server files mysteriously disappear
- Ctshiner creates the "Hi" symbol at the Shire Spawn
- Nebbers and MMerkler join The Shire for the first time
December
- 20th: The Shire goes Public with the release of our first Youtube video https://youtu.be/i1Bbqg34m2U
- A massive forest fire is discovered by nebbers and akumuko near Bloodmist
2011
February
- Construction is started on Greg's Castle (built by chocolatemilk2), north of Equos
April
- Falore is built in secret by AlphaFish. A server-wide search to discover the secret location ensues
May
- Shire Transit Authority inter-city link rules and regulations are established, requiring approval and STA supervision of highways and railways connecting between projects
June
- World Border expanded from 2500 to 3000 blocks
- Skyland Map is added
- 27th: AlphaFish is promoted to LADY
July
- WorldGuard is added
- Shirecraft.us domain is registered
- Shire Government Office building is opened to Donators
August
- Shire Loop 1, a major road through the Mainland, is finished
- Architect rank is created. Shanevr722 and Studmuffin are the first to receive the rank
October
- 3rd: Arcticstar is promoted to Arbiter
- 15th: Nebbers attempts to retire. He's pulled back in several months later to upgrade the server
December
- 12th: Tyrozone is established (replacing dedicated world Tyroland)
2012
January
- Experimental worlds Kepler (for Artisans and up only) and Flatlands created
February
- Flatlands and Kepler removed
- Shai-Ling railway station rebuilt
March
- Andrewpo (CoffeeandChill) promoted to Lord
- The world is expanded to 4000x4000
April
- Maven and Viceroy ranks introduced
May
- Skylan Mountain is created and Skylan Mall is buried within. (/warp skylan)
- New Vashon is abandoned by its creator xXAndrew for the first of several times
- DeathCube mini-game added to FridayFunLand
- Campaign to create warps for each rank is launched
June
- Skylands map is salvaged for parts - Balesgar and Aelous rescued and moved to main world. StudMuffin's Last Stand PVP map is tragically lost. It can still be seen in this video: https://youtu.be/FDr-o-uOiqM
- Infrastructure Build Competition https://youtu.be/LAw8zMIvTd4
July
- Oranjestad is Founded by nebbers
November
- World border expanded to 5000x5000
2013
March
- Parks/Garden Build Competition
July
- High Fantasy Build Competition
- Aethos Cathedral, built by Aedesius, is finished /warp Atheos
September
- Mainland Subway railway line is completed
- Houses Build Competition
October
- Railway line built between Gong-Chengshi and Budapest (Ophion Line, later merged with Quintus Line)
- Railway line built between Spawn and Barad Dur (Hestia Line)
December
- Winter-themed Build Competition
- New Forum is launched, transitioning away from Forumcommunity.net
2014
January
- Mainland Station is completed by Jommers and Aedesius
2015
July
- Lord_Drekar promoted to Lord
September
- Sammiches822 promoted to Arbiter
2016
2017
2018
February
- Antheus promoted to Archduke
2019
August
- New Spawn railway station opened
2020
February
- Cresent_Kid promoted to Archduke
March
- AnotherViking promoted to Maven
- 21st: Antheus promoted to Engineer
October
- Spooky building competition
November
- 14,000th unique player connected to the server
2021
January
- Bridges competition