2011

Summer

• Azelofa suggests that himself, Zerek, and Wasted_Ticks try Minecraft; they did.
• Zerek began hosting a Minecraft server on an old laptop, primarily to play with worldedit.
• Zerek opened the server to the public.
• Start of Season 1
• Server Initially named HeavySurvival
• At this time, a single post to planetminecraft.com would bring in 10-20 players within 5 minutes.
• Wasted_Ticks (an IRL friend of Zerek) started playing on the server.
• Mawcks (an IRL friend of Zerek) started playing on the server.

November

• webeill4, (an IRL friend of Zerek) started playing on the server. as a helper.
• Azelofa (an IRL friend of Zerek) started playing on the server.

2012

Early-year

• Wasted_Ticks was promoted to administrator.

Mid-year

• webeill4 was promoted to helper.
• The server was often turned on for the purpose of posting an ad then admin abusing all the players who joined.
• The server was often reset without notice and would be offline for weeks at a time, essentially no structure.
• Wasted_Ticks steps away from Minecraft.

2013

January

• Name changed from HeavySurvival to StraightUpSurvival
• Mawcks was promoted to moderator.
• Zerek as owner, and Mawcks as moderator, run the server for the first time under the name StraightUpSurvival.
• The earliest known screenshot - A room in the spawn area. Unsure of the significance of "386 bin".
• 
• Custom admin tools | Teleportation Device: gold hoe - Matter Manipulator: gold axe

Mid-year

• Wasted_Ticks returns as administrator.
• Zerek upgrades server hardware from an old laptop to a slightly better old PC tower.
• The server still lacks structure, and is often offline. Admin abuse is still rampant.

December

• Start of Season 2
• Name changed from StraightUpSurvival to ZZSurvival
• 
• Season 2 Spawn
• 

2014

January

• Name changed from ZZSurvival to AbyssPVP
• 
• Zerek drops owner title. All administrators now equal owners. (Zerek & Wasted_Ticks)

February

• Start of Season 3
• Name changed from AbyssPVP to StraightUpSurvival
• 
• Season 3 Spawn
• 

2015

July

• Start of Season 4
• Zombie Survival custom mini-game is added for the first time.
• Zerek steps away from Minecraft.
• Cendan was promoted to moderator.

2016

August

• Wasted_Ticks steps away from Minecraft.
• Mawcks steps away from Minecraft.
• Cendan steps away from Minecraft.
• Season 4 ends with no future plans.

November

• Mawcks revives the server as an administrator.
• Start of Season 5
• Mawcks administrates season 5 alone.

2017

August

• Season 5 ends with no future plans.

December

• Zerek revives the server as an administrator.
• Start of Season 6
• Season 6 Spawn
• 
• Player feathers are added to StraightUpSurvival.
• Wasted_Ticks returns as administrator.
• The Discord server was created which was monumental for the community.

2018

February

• Mawcks returns as administrator.

June

• Azelofa was promoted to administrator.

September

• Start of Season 7
• Season 7 Spawn
• 

November

• The world border was changed from 5k to 7.5k.

2019

January

• Players create a place for Minecraft marriages.
• 

February

• The world border was changed from 7.5k to 37.5k in an effort to dilute xray raids.
• Joining the Discord server now required linking your account.
• The spawn ship is built for the first time.
• 
• Janette the unkillable sheep appears at spawn. Many players steal janette and attempt to kill her.
• 

March

• /spank command was first introduced.
• Early End reset fight.
• 

June

• Start of Season 8
• Season 8 Spawn
• 
• Perm donors each had a permanent personal voice channel in Discord.
• The Prefix system based on hours played was implemented.
• RavioliRampage was promoted to assistant.
• anneturtle was promoted to assistant.

July

• Anti-combat logging meassures were added.
• Stornwald was promoted to assistant.
• anneturtle was fired from staff ranks.
• Anneturtle was fired for making definitive statements about player's suggestions as if her call was final.

August

• Dye rewards were introduced. (Snitch Dye, Bug Search Dye, etc)

September

• Hughgar was promoted to assistant.

October

• Anticipating server growth, Discord Donor voice channels were replaced with a --Join to Create-- temp channel system.

November

• A No-Drop arena was added to spawn where players could fight with keep inventory enabled.

December

• Hosmosis was promoted to assistant.
• Stornwald retired as assistant.

2020

February

• Start of Season 9
• Season 9 Spawn
• 
• "Moderator" role is introduced alongside "Assistant" role.
• RavioliRampage was promoted to moderator.
• Hosmosis was promoted to moderator.
• Hughgar was promoted to moderator.

March

• Shamooone was promoted to assistant.
• SupahBero was promoted to assistant.
• The_LastGurdian was promoted to assistant.
• jbromack was promoted to assistant.
• An intro is added for new players.
• Hughgar builds a no-drop arena at a cardinal warp.
• 
• Ender chests are enabled on F64 with a tax, where opening an ender chest costs 5 gold; this change is hated.
• The seed is cracked and a reset is announced only 1 month after the previous reset.

April

• The_LastGurdian was demoted from staff ranks.
• Start of Season 10
• Season 10 Spawn
• 
• The ender chest gold tax is replaced with an eye of ender tax, required to be in the player's hand and consumed.
• Clan banners on display in clan hall
• 
• Large End fight winner (based on tracked scores) get their banner put up at clan hall.
• 
• 
• RavioliRampage builds a pvp arena.
• 

June

• Robovolk was promoted to assistant.
• Hosmosis retired as moderator.
• Dupe Week - At this time, most dupes such as carpet and tnt were blocked due to the server strain but were unblocked for 1 week.

July

• The ender chest tax is fully removed.
• With recent reset/season instability Zerek promises that season 11 will be at least 1 year long (It ended up being 484 days long).

August

• Start of Season 11
• Name changed from StraightUpSurvival to feather64
• 
• Season 10 Spawn
• 
• Lapis replaces gold ingots as currency on feather64 due to piglins being added to minecraft creating heavy vanilla use for gold.
• Mob head drops are added to the server for the first time.

September

• A minefield is added to spawn.
• Krunticus was promoted to assistant.
• GaryLaserEyes was promoted to assistant.

October

• GaryLaserEyes was demoted from staff ranks.

November

• FinleySS was promoted to assistant.
• 7girl7girl was promoted to assistant.
• Discord channel #surveys is created.
• Connmon was promoted to assistant.
• The world border is expanded to 64k.

December

• Games world is open to the public for the first time.
• Zerek offers 10,000 Lapis to anyone who gets "feather64" tattooed on them.

2021

January

• Shamooone was promoted to moderator.
• jbromack retired as assistant.
• Slugsey was promoted to assistant.
• 7_8er was promoted to assistant.

February

• New players are given keep-inventory status for 1 hour.
• Supporter Subscription is introduced.
• Fight in no-drop under spawn.
• 

March

• Azelofa retired as administrator.
• FinleySS was promoted to moderator.
• Shrimpuz was promoted to assistant.
• weep_whale was promoted to assistant.
• Prefix tower added to spawn. Each level requires the next prefix level to enter.
• 

March

• The world border is expanded to 128k.
• Donor head display added to spawn. The head is replaced with a random donor once a day.
• 

May

• weep_whale was promoted to moderator.
• The nether is reset.
• An art gallery is added to spawn where player's map art is put on display.
• Minecraft birthday party for weep_whale.
• 

June

• Many Discord channels are created for various interests and games. Many players are extremely active due to lockdowns.
• 7_8er was demoted from staff ranks.

October

• Hughgar retired as moderator.
• Shrubbby was promoted to assistant.
• Flollis was promoted to assistant.
• Wouter222 was promoted to assistant.
• Wouter222 was fired from staff ranks.
• Wouter222 breaks a record for fastest demotion due to immediately abusing his inferred assistant trust to raid another assistant.
• Advocate role is created in Discord for advertisement pings such as reddit posts.
• QOL mods are specified as permitted.

November

• Flollis was demoted from staff ranks.
• A text based ad market system is implemented to feather64.

December

• Slugsey retired as assistant.
• Last day of season 11.
• 

2022

January

• Start of Season 12
• Season 12 Spawn
• 
• The season is launched with network architecture including a lobby world which connects to the survival world.
• With the aid of the lobby world, feather64 sets a personal record of 94 players online.
• 
• The custom illusioner boss battle is added to feather64.
• 
• ALittl3Lucky was promoted to assistant.

March

• The network architecture is dropped including the lobby world in order to simplify server maintenance.
• The massive serge in players from the start of the season has faded. Many players are no longer in covid lockdowns.

June

• Mawcks retired as administrator.
• All moderators were forced to "retire".
• RavioliRampage retired as moderator.
• Shamooone retired as moderator.
• FinleySS retired as moderator.
• weep_whale retired as moderator.
• Many assistants were forced to "retire".
• Robovolk retired as assistant.
• SupahBero retired as assistant.
• Connmon retired as assistant.
• 7girl7girl retired as assistant.
• Krunticus retired as assistant.
• Phantoms are disabled.

July

• Season 12's spawn is replaced with an improved version of our classic island spawn build.
• 
• 
• Shrubbby's server trailer is released.
• The server website is updated with the theme of a medical site.

August

• Mob head drop rates are unified so all mobs drop their heads at the same rate with a few exceptions.
• The official youtube channel is created for the purpose of posting the odd informative tip video.

November

• Snurkar was promoted to assistant.

December

• ALittl3Lucky was promoted to moderator.
• weep_whale was re-promoted to moderator.
• Snurkar was demoted from staff ranks.

2023

January

• Voting is implemented with log rewards.
• Zerek announces that seasons will be 3-4x as long as they were previously. Season 12 could last 5 years.
• jbromack was re-promoted to assistant.

April

• TigheGuy99 was promoted to assistant.

May

• Voting 64 times within a month now rewards the player with a lored 'vote ballot'.

June

• Wasted_Ticks retired as administrator.

July

• The server player count begins to pickup again (peaking ~16) from a multi-month lull (peaking ~5).
• Season 12 games world is opened. The world includes the lobby build from the start of the season.
• Shamooone was re-promoted to moderator.
• Shrubbby was promoted to moderator.

August

• A jukebox wall was added to the plaza, allowing players to play music discs.
• 

September

• TigheGuy99 was demoted from staff ranks.

November

• The server store (https://store.feather64.net) opened temporarily for the first time selling mugs and mousepads.

2024

January

• ALittl3Lucky was demoted from staff ranks.
• jbromack was demoted from staff ranks.
• A nether hub is added to the server.

May

• Oceanium was promoted to assistant.
• zzRoadhousezz was promoted to assistant.
• First animated banner for server advertising.
• 

June

• Players take a group shot at spawn.
• 
• A large influx of players from OG Network migrated to Feather64.
• The plaza was rebuilt.
• 
• 
• The new plaza includes a new jukebox.
• 

July

• Oceanium was demoted from staff ranks.
• MilkAndChips was promoted to assistant.
• Largente was promoted to assistant.
• The world border is increased to 320,000 blocks. The nether being 1:8 scale at 40,000 blocks.

September

• The mace was nerfed - damage reduced by 20% and a maximum damage cap was implemented.

October

• weep_whale was demoted from staff ranks.
• MilkAndChips was demoted from staff ranks.
• Oceanium was re-promoted to assistant.
• Draupnir420 was promoted to assistant.