The Strange History of 2b2t’s “Spawnquarium”

The infamous spawn region on the oldest Anarchy server in Minecraft has been completely transformed into a giant aquarium filled to the brim with fish vehicles and other strange Creations normally builds like this at spawn would be destroyed instantly but 42 Builders came together to completely transform 2b2t’s deadliest region and how they did

It is spectacular over the course of a month they would stay underwater for hours to complete these works of art by hand not only were Griefers attempting to destroy the builds but thieves were constantly trying to steal some of the more precious blocks the structures were

Made of it was a constant struggle to keep so many people organized but the end result was nothing short of incredible today we’ll cover the history of project spawn aquarium a movement to completely transform the server’s most hostile region will give a brief his history investigate the unique methods

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Honey.com slash fitmc thanks again to honey for sponsoring today’s video so how did the spawn ocean get filled to the brim with these structures and how have they lasted so long well I need to give you a little history lesson for most of the server’s lifespan the spawn

Region at zero zero was mostly a chaotic mess of cobblestone craters Withers and floating blocks but in 2020 a group called The Infinity incursion took it upon themselves to transform the entire region into a giant water cube with over 250 million water source blocks its purpose was to cause new players joining

The server to drown it was an amazing achievement that was able to stand the test of time and multiple grief attempts But as time went on in 2021 a group called team no cease formed in hopes of eventually draining the spawn ocean using Redstone Machines naturally

Players fought back and there was a mini conflict between team C’s and team no Seas despite their best efforts and non-stop work the Griefers were only able to remove around 10 percent of it and that’s being generous they quickly realized how hard it would be to remove

The entire thing so they eventually gave up and most of the damage was repaired so ever since that event it has been pretty much untouched but in 2023 that would change a group on the server called the Ancients took interest in the water Cube now unlike most groups on the

Server that have some sort of figurehead the Ancients do not have centralized leadership and instead their council is Guided by ideas and suggestions one of their members yomo boyo had an idea for a challenge he had previously helped build a giant obsidian anglerfish underwater along with other players and

Noticed that it hadn’t been destroyed yet what if they they filled the entire water cube with builds like this one turning it into a giant aquarium the group thought the idea was crazy since creations at 2b2t spawn usually are destroyed very quickly however they realize that the water could be used to

Their advantage end crystals which are the primary weapon on the server cannot be placed under water which would also provide the builders with safety and since 2b2t is still on Java version 1.12 the modern swimming mechanics aren’t in play which means slow movement would also discourage Griefers plus if they

Had enough people building at the same time there would be safety in numbers the Ancients decided it would be a worthy Challenge and so they gave the project the green light it would be called project spawn aquarium the original plan was to make the event only

A single weekend the group had put on several server events in the past so they quickly informed the community about their plan in February of 2023 the event weekend kicked off Builders showed up and began creating unique underwater structures Griefers took one look at the water and instantly decided it would be

A waste of time trying to grief anything beneath the surface despite half of the builders nearly drowning to death the entire weekend was such a success that many asked for the event to be extended a player named rules off took the Helm of the project and things became more

Ambitious Builders began designing more sophisticated structures in single player that they would eventually want to bring to the server but they would have to overcome some big challenges to make them a reality first off the water that was going to keep them safe would also prove to be difficult to work with

Due to the watercube’s sheer size and the slow movement speeds returning to the surface for air was not practical and having to constantly eat odd apples was a huge waste of resources so water breathing potions would have to be mass produced for the builders inside one of

The giant fish builds a large brewing station was set up and inside another a fishing area was created allowing the builders to gather puffer fish both of these areas combined allowed for the mass production of water breathing potions that took care of the oxygen problem but another issue was that many

Printer mods which allow builds to be constructed automatically from blueprints did not work properly underwater so a large portion of the builds had to be done by hand the old-fashioned way and considering how large some of the free-floating structures were it was quite impressive despite the initial setbacks things were

Going smoothly while they did have to deal with the occasional Griefer a larger issue surfaced they had to deal with thieves some builds were made of high highly valuable materials that scavengers wanted to get their hands on if you were a new player it would be hard to resist grabbing some of these

Resources the builders had to keep an eye out for anyone trying to steal them while they did have to chase people away usually the water took care of the problem the builders utilized an interactive map in order to keep tabs on the builds and also scout empty areas

For where to build new ones it was important for them to stay organized as more and more players were brought onto the project the list of Builders eventually grew to 42 with many being from different groups despite differences they were all working together in harmony the actual variety

Of the builds was insane you had underwater creatures that fit the theme of an aquarium realistic historical builds such as a World War II submarine plenty of Pop Culture references a lot of inside jokes within the community and even some outlandish ones such as making every Builder’s head a different variety

Of puffer fish by the end of March over a hundred structures were able to be built some big some small some really small it was one of the most ambitious and creative spawn projects in many years on March 28th the group went public with their project releasing tons

Of videos and screenshots of the aquarium and inviting people to come see it for themselves to celebrate the group had a massive party at spawn which included Spleef matches photo ops and of course some classic 2b2t Shenanigans now you would think this is where the story ends and Griefers come in to ruin

Everyone’s day but things played out a little differently the Ancients expected the aquarium to be the target of griefing groups now that they had the publicity in the community but as team noses found out a few years previously griefing the spawn ocean was more trouble than it was worth it would

Essentially have to be done by hand instead of using traditional TNT since water prevents almost all explosion damage for over an entire month after the announcement the spawn aquarium remains untouched which for any creative project that spawn is a massive deal builds here normally do not last long at

All which makes it all the more surprising it survived in fact as of this video being released the spawn aquarium is still standing and it’s been finished for almost two months now a massive achievement the spawn ocean which had originally been built to drown out new players became a blank canvas

For one of the most creative projects in 2b2t history so how are the Ancients going to top this well I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens but if you enjoyed today’s video make sure to leave a like hit that subscribe button and follow my socials take it easy fit

Fam and stay alive out there