ITN Revival

The Complete Timeline

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2021
Pre-Season 1 (5ITN Server)

5 ITN server opens: A Minecraft Server for my class in high school. About 18 people, more than 80% of the students in class, join the server at least...

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Pre-Season 1 (5ITN Server)

The first democratic vote is held, about 0-ticking. It'd be the first of many, many votings.

Pre-Season 1 (5ITN Server)

The 2nd 0-ticking poll is held, after some people complained after its inclusion.

Pre-Season 1 (5ITN Server)

Because of a bug in our server software, Bows with Mending AND Infinity were obtainable. The mechanic was patched after 3 days, to allow people to...

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Pre-Season 1 (5ITN Server)

Another poll about 0-ticking was held.

Pre-Season 1 (5ITN Server)

The server crashes, corrupting the world. Automated backups failed, and the world was considered lost. Over the next couple months, the 5 ITN server...

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Season 1

An old copy of the world, from about 3 days before the fatal crash, surfaces. ITN Revival officially launches. TheAlgorithm476, Ekplant, 123boom123,...

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Season 1

OryxR5 is discussed for the first time, a year and a half before he would actually join the server.

Season 1

The ITN Revival To-Do-list is created, with 16 items to do before the world ends. Spoiler: it will never be considered finished.

Season 1

The first custom panorama is created, about 2 years before they'd be officially added for everyone.

Season 1

The server updates to 1.18.1.

Meta / Server-wide

SinterClaeys becomes an ITN Revival member, after having played previously on 5ITN.

Meta / Server-wide

Zurha becomes an ITN Revival member, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476.

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Blubial becomes an ITN Revival member, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476.

2022
Season 1

A Shopping District is created. Other than TheAlgorithm476, nobody will ever use it.

Special Seasons

ITNerary begins. This would later be considered the first Special Season.

Special Seasons

ITNerary ends. Other than YT_Laryssaatje, prettysureimlost, Zurha, and Blubial, all active members have taken part in it.

Season 1

The server updates to 1.18.2.

Meta / Server-wide

Vigii becomes an ITN Revival member, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476.

Season 1

The world closes after continued inactivity. This was at the time considered to be the end of ITN Revival, after a short, but eventful run.

Meta / Server-wide

The silence in the Discord is broken for the first time, with TheAlgorithm476 talking about having looked through the world again, and considering...

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The 6 AIT-ITN class server begins. It will prove to be large unsuccessful, failing to mirror ITN Revival's success. Nevertheless, ITN Revival remains...

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Season 2

At request of 123boom123 and Ekplant, ITN Revival is brought back online, on a new world, running version 1.19.2. Back then, it was considered "the...

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2023
Special Seasons

TheAlgorithm476 and SinterClaeys play on 23w13_a_or_b, 2023's April Fool's snapshot, starting ITN Goes Dumb. This would later retroactively be...

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Special Seasons

ITN Goes Dumb ends, returning back to the new world.

Meta / Server-wide

"ITN Revival" is retroactively renamed "Season 1", and "the new world" is renamed "Season 2". "ITN Revival" is now officially the server name, not...

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Season 2

Season 2 updates to 1.20.1.

Meta / Server-wide

bbriiiiaaann becomes an ITN Revival member, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476 at the request of SinterClaeys.

Meta / Server-wide

ITN Revival Panorama screens are dropped for all players, bases, and Seasons up to that point.

Season 2

Season 2 ends after complaints of bbriiiiaaann. This is considered "the biggest ITN Revival mistake I've ever made" by TheAlgorithm476.

Season 3

Season 3 begins on version 1.13.2. TheAlgorithm476, 123boom123, SinterClaeys, and bbriiiiaaann start.

Meta / Server-wide

Panorama Screens for early Season 3 are released.

Season 3

bbriiiiaaann stops playing, after the 2-week phase ended.

Meta / Server-wide

Season 3 1.13.2 Mid-Season Statistics are released. This is the first time statistics about the server are released, and it definitely wouldn't be...

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Season 3

Season 3 updates to 1.14.2. The server would later update to 1.14.4 for stability purposes, with a mod that re-enables God Armor. This mod would be...

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Mid-Season Statistics for 1.14.4 are released.

Season 3

Season 3 updates to 1.17.1. A datapack is introduced that bumps the world height to 512 blocks.

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BlueMaps for each Season up to that point would be released. This would later be removed again, due to being unused.

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OryxR5 joins ITN Revival, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476. From here on out, ITN Revival would become bilingual, due to Oryx being the first...

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2024
Meta / Server-wide

Speedymon4 joins ITN Revival, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476. Turns out, he'd have quite the influence on ITN Revival's future.

Meta / Server-wide

A funny quotes channel is added. Turns out, there's a lot of funny things people say throughout their many, many voice calls.

Season 3

The ITN Ministry Office is built. Whilst not being that useful in Season 3, it would inspire a way bigger concept in later Seasons.

Meta / Server-wide

Season 3 1.17.1 Mid-Season Statistics are released.

Season 3

Season 3 updates to 1.19.2, the last update for the season.

Meta / Server-wide

The first "official" version of Algorithmic, version 3.0, is released publicly.

Meta / Server-wide

OmniEye is announced, which would replace the manual mid-Season statistics with an automated web platform in Season 4.

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MoistSawks joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by Speedymon4. This marks ITN Revival's introduction of Internships, instead of...

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Moistghost and ValiantNautiq join ITN Revival as Interns, after being invited by Speedymon4.

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Season 4, the most rumoured and most anticipated Season up to that point, gets announced, and initial information is shared.

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MoistSawks and Moistghost successfully complete their internships, and are invited to join ITN Revival as full members starting Season 4, remaing as...

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Season 3 Panorama screens are released.

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crashBandicoot04 joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by Speedymon4.

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wolfken joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by SinterClaeys.

Special Seasons

ITN Legacy, the first proper Special Season gets announced. ITNerary and ITN Goes Dumb are retroactively classified as Season 1's and Season 2's...

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crashBandicoot04 and wolfken successfully complete their internships, and are invited to join ITN Revival as full members starting Season 4.

Special Seasons

ITN Legacy begins, featuring crashBandicoot04, Speedymon4, SinterClaeys, TheAlgorithm476, Moistghost, and wolfken.

Season 3

Season 3's ending is announced. The ending date is planned in such a way that it would have lasted exactly 1 day longer than Season 2.

Meta / Server-wide

After a month-long internship, ValiantNautiq was invited to join ITN Revival as a full member starting Season 4.

Special Seasons

ITN Legacy ends.

Season 3

Season 3 ends.

Meta / Server-wide

Season 3's World Download + End-of-Season Statistics are released.

Season 4

Season 4 begins, with the twist "there is no twist". Twists are a new thing, and all previous Seasons have retroactively been assigned a new one,...

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Season 4

Season 4's Shopping District was announced, as well as the concept of a government to manage it.

Season 4

TheAlgorithm476 assumes a role as "0th Minister", being assigned with managing the government until everything needed to organise elections is in...

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Season 4

Season 4 updates to 1.21.1.

Meta / Server-wide

BboyQuinn joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by crashBandicoot04.

Season 4

The first vote ends. SinterClaeys is elected as Prime Minister for 001, with a tie between Speedymon4 and TheAlgorithm476 for Vice Minister....

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Revival Advancements, our custom advancement pack, is officially added. It's pretty barebones, but features some niceties.

Meta / Server-wide

BboyQuinn successfully completes his Internship, and becomes a full member.

Meta / Server-wide

Panorama Screens are released for early Season 4.

Season 4

Government 002 elections end. TheAlgorithm476 becomes Prime Minister with a majority vote, with crashBandicoot04 as Vice Minister.

Season 4

SinterClaeys posts a political message about "real progress", in an attempt to discredit the 002 government. This results in TheAlgorithm476 and...

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Season 4

Government 003 elections end. Speedymon4 was elected as Prime Minister, with crashBandicoot04 and TheAlgorithm476 being tied for Vice Minister....

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Season 4

004 elections were supposed to start, but since no candidates announced their intent, Speedymon4 and TheAlgorithm476 were automatically re-elected,...

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Special Seasons

ITN Skies, Season 4's Special Season, is announced. It was our most ambitious Special Season concept so far.

Season 4

Government 005 elections end. TheAlgorithm476 was re-elected Prime Minister, and crashBandicoot04 joins him once again as Vice Minister, a position...

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Season 4

The Minigames District is announced.

Season 4

Voting Law is reformed, instead of voting for a separate PM and VM, players would now vote for a pair. Additionally, elections would now occur...

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2025
Season 4

Government 006 elections end. TheAlgorithm476 and crashBandicoot04 were re-elected for a 3rd term.

Meta / Server-wide

The Republic of Ministeria is announced, giving Season 4's world a more distinct identity. Ministeria consists of 4 regions, each with their own...

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Special Seasons

ITN Skies is cancelled, due to difficulties in implementing the completely custom gamemode. Revival Worlds is announced as an alternative.

Season 4

Season 4 updates to 1.21.4, and introduces Revival Rails, a Minecart Mod.

Season 4

Government 007 elections end. TheAlgorithm476 and crashBandicoot04 are re-elected for a 4th term, with a very close margin.

Meta / Server-wide

Due to conflicts between SinterClaeys and TheAlgorithm476 about in-game lawsuits and server management, ITN Revival is closed, ending Season 4 and...

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ZannasZA joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by OryxR5.

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ZannasZA successfully completes his Internship, and becomes a full member.

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SinterClaeys, Speedymon4, crashBandicoot04, BboyQuinn, 123boom123, and TheAlgorithm476 physically meet up to watch the Minecraft Movie.

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OmniEye gets discontinued, and Mid-Season Statistics are shared once again.

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zoeken2005 joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by wolfken.

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zoeken2005 successfully completes her Internship, and becomes a full member. This is the shortest time somebody went between starting and completing...

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Season 4

Government 008 elections end. TheAlgorithm476 and crashBandicoot04 are re-elected for a 5th term, with way bigger support this time.

Season 4

In a symbolic gesture, Government 008 pardons wolfken for the crimes he committed in the beginning of Season 4.

Meta / Server-wide

No1sHere joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476. A specific general-en channel is established for international...

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Season 5, and its "Concordia" republic is announced. Instead of Season 4's Prime-Vice Minister pair, Season 5 will be ruled through a Commission of...

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No1sHere successfully completes his Internship, and becomes a full member.

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MasterMajesty joins ITN Revival as an Intern, after being invited by TheAlgorithm476.

Season 4

Government 008 signs a law introducing a time bomb to the server, ending the Season when it goes off.

Special Seasons

An updated schedule for Revival Worlds is shared. It will be mostly Create-based, and start 1 day after Season 4's ending, whenever that may be.

Meta / Server-wide

ITN Premium is announced, an initiative to cover the increasingly expensive server costs of ITN Revival.

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MasterMajesty successfully completes his internship, and becomes a full member.

Season 4

Government 008 pushes back the time bomb to August 3rd.

Meta / Server-wide

A Commission Pilot Program is announced, to get people to try Season 5's Commission system.

Season 4

Government 008 resigns, and decided not to organise new elections. This locks in the August 3 time bomb and Season ending date.

Season 4

Season 4 ends with a cinematic video showing all of the screenshots taken throughout the Season, followed by the most prominent places, Monument...

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Special Seasons

Revival Worlds begins. BboyQuinn, crashBandicoot04, Master_T_Block, Speedymon4, TheAlgorithm476, and wolfken join. Master_T_Block is a new member,...

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Season 4 Panorama screens are released.

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Season 5 kick-off organisation begins. Turns out, it'd take a while to get it done.

Meta / Server-wide

ITN Premium is cancelled. Instead, everybody will have to pay a 3.50 EUR/month membership fee.

Special Seasons

ITN Goes Dumb, Season 2's Special Season, is retroactively renamed Revival Goes Dumb, to match the Special Season's new naming scheme of using ITN x...

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Special Seasons

Revival Worlds closes. It is widely considered to be the most successful Special Season so far.

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Algorithmic 4.2-beta for 1.21.8 releases, in preparation for ITN Plainsanity, Season 5's Special Season.

Special Seasons

ITN Plainsanity, Season 5's Special Season, begins. BboyQuinn, crashBandicoot04, MasterMajesty, No1sHere, SinterClaeys, TheAlgorithm476, and wolfken...

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Special Seasons

ITN Plainsanity ends.

Season 5

Season 5 begins, about a month and a half after Season 4 ended.

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The first-ever Community Proposal is launched, a new system to give players a say in ITN Revival's management. The concept would prove to be somewhat...

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Season 5

A preliminary Provincial Allocation is shared for Concordia, with the 9 active members being split across 3 provinces.

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The Alternative Currency Work Group is announced. This is the first Workgroup ever on ITN Revival, tasked with finding an alternative for Diamonds on...

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A Community Proposal to discontinue the Commission, and instead move executive power to the provinces themselves is launched. It would see a 100%...

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The Revival TCG Work Group is announced, tasked with creating a mod to have an in-game card collection game. It would later grow to something much...

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Mid-Season Statistics for 1.21.8 are released, driven by a new statistics generator that pulls data from the server directly, instead of collecting...

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Season 5

Season 5 updates to 1.21.10.

2026
Redux Season 1

Season 5 goes offline. The Season isn't over, just on hold for a while.

Redux Season 1

Redux Season 1 begins. Redux is a format somewhere between Seasons and Special Seasons, inspired by Revival Worlds.

Redux Season 1

Redux Season 1 receives an update, adding more mods and content to the pack.

Redux Season 1

Redux Season 1 gets evaluated. Most people are still motivated to play. Some players start complaining about not being able to play on Season 5.

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A Community Proposal passes mandating all bases from here on it need to have a custom name, to make individual seasons more memorable, and for some...

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Redux Season 1

A 2nd mid-Season Evaluation for Redux Season 1 is conducted. A Community Proposal is launched to gauge support.

Redux Season 1

After the 2nd mid-Season Evaluation, Redux Season 1 is closed, and Season 5 re-opens its doors.

Season 5

Nether Hub construction picks up a pace, with multiple people simultaneously working on getting it finished.

Meta / Server-wide

Leading up to ITN Revival's 5th birthday, this Timeline website is made public, accessible through an all-new 'itnrevival.net'-domain.

Meta / Server-wide

ITN Revival turns 5 years old. The day is delebrated extensively, with many announcements being made.

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2021 - 2026, ITN Revival ยท For Ministeria, Forever