Why 2b2t MUST Update to Survive

It’s been almost five years since the oldest anarchy server in minecraft has received an update that’s a long time to put that in perspective the last time 2b2t updated i still had hair while the rest of the minecraft community is getting excited for the upcoming wild

Update and all the fun new features it will provide 2b2t will now be seven versions behind it’s almost like playing two completely different games at this point so of course the question is 2b2t ever going to update is it even possible well the answer is not only yes but the

Server is now the closest it has ever been the entire original map which is over 14 terabytes in size has been running on a modern test server for a few weeks now and it’s been a ton of fun from a developer standpoint the fact that an 11 year old map can run so

Smoothly in the modern versions of minecraft has been seen as a major achievement especially since only a few years ago it was said to be impossible i had the chance to play this modern version of 2b2t and i was blown away the reason i’m making this video today is

Because we need to discuss how this modern update for 2b2t is actually crucial for its survival if something goes wrong and the server is unable to update it could result in a slow painful death for this historic wasteland so i’ll bring you up to speed on the major

Progress that has been made with converting 2v2t to the latest minecraft update and then i’ll explain why this update is so important for its survival it’s an exciting but uncertain time and a lot of you watching aren’t actually subscribed so make sure to hit that subscribe button if you haven’t already

Now let’s get right into it a couple of weeks ago a shocking announcement was made that 2b2t’s entire map was now available to play in the most recent version of minecraft this testing server would be separate from the main 2b2t but all player data would be carried over if

You logged in you would still be in the same place as you were on the main server the community’s initial reactions were overwhelmingly positive the server was not only able to handle a large amount of players but it did so surprisingly well it didn’t take long

For players to build new bases on the test server and in true anarchy fashion griefing quickly followed other than a few differences such as death messages being disabled and a slightly more aggressive anti-cheat system it was practically the same 2b2t experience that people both love and hate the

Community was excited over all the new features and as you can imagine i too was excited i eventually logged in for myself to try things out and see if it lived up to the hype and i can safely say it did i quickly hopped onto another

Highway and made my way out to brand new chunks as quickly as i could it was amazing seeing the new terrain experiencing all the modern game mechanics like swimming exploring deep underground it was probably the most fun i’ve had on 2v2t from a gameplay perspective in a very long time if you

Play vanilla minecraft frequently you’re probably already used to these features but for 2b2t players like us the novelty of it all has yet to wear off i actually had to stop myself from doing too much so that when the main server updates for real i would still find joy in many of

The new features like digging for netherrite creating a riptide trident finally starting work on a base concept i’ve been sitting on for years there are a lot of plans i can’t imagine the amount of work being put in behind the scenes to make the server run like this

Because even just two years ago people were saying this was impossible but the success of this last phase of testing has made me realize something it is now more important than ever for 2b2t to receive this update because if it doesn’t it’s going to be in major

Trouble and for a few reasons let me put things into perspective 2b2t updated to java version 1.12 the world of color update on july 21st 2017. since the server is over 11 years old that means it spent almost half of its life on this single version of the game while this

Limitation led to an explosion of creativity and innovation in the community it has now led to our first major issue player exhaustion so many accomplishments have been achieved in this version of minecraft that the community is simply running out of things to do let me give you some

Examples all world borders in the overworld end and nether have already been reached manually the server has been pushed to its limits with game breaking exploits even with the most unorthodox of items the pvp meta has been refined to become the quickest and deadliest it has ever been

In-game businesses have been used to generate real-world money the spawn region has been terraformed over and over and over again massive obsidian artwork has been created in the sky to the point that it’s become a mean almost every single travel exploit has been used and abused multiple times thanks to item dupes many

Players have every single item you could possibly want the hunt for 2b2ts farlands has continued for years with absolutely no results and don’t even get me started on the no com exploit that made mainstream news this server has been beaten into the ground harder than any other that exists while there are

Still creative ways for players to make new concepts as we’ve seen recently most of what can be done has been done the player base is exhausted so for 2b2t to receive roughly 6 updates worth of content at the same time would allow for a new explosion of exploration and

Creativity it would be like getting six years worth of christmas presents on a single day but if the player base remains exhausted they will start leaving in greater numbers which would lead to another issue running 2b2t becomes too expensive because of its massive file size and the hardware

Required to make such an old map run smoothly keeping it online is not cheap the priority queue system is the only way the server makes any money new players are practically required at this point to keep things interesting but if the active player base gets small enough

There will be less incentive to purchase priority queue that means the server would have issues raising enough funds to pay the upkeep costs 2b2t’s map has become so chaotic that downgrading the hardware is simply not an option anymore while having no queue does sound amazing

For being able to play on the server it won’t mean anything if there’s no server left to play on now at this point the video i’m sure there are some tinfoil hats thinking that the server’s admin house master must have convinced me to make this video or that i’m secretly on

His payroll yadda yadda yadda none of that is true i’m in the dark just like everyone else but i’m going to let you in on a little secret i’ve been a 2b2t player for almost 9 years at this point taking part in player events documenting them on youtube it’s all been very

Enjoyable to me but outside of hunting for bases the actual day-to-day minecraft gameplay on 2b2t has been really stale for me for quite some time there have been so many updates in the past five years and we’ve missed out on pretty much all of them playing on the test server made me

Realize just how much fun a modern 2b2t actually is and how greatly it is needed to revitalize the community i know many inactive players are patiently waiting for the update to become a reality the fact that the impossible has been achieved and the update is actually

Within reach has made it more clear than ever that bringing 2b2t to the modern versions has become crucial for its survival now there is something you can do to help 2b2t if you want to be part of the modern testing i’ve included the ip of the test server in the description

Below the more people that can join the better as this will mean more realistic testing 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 keep your fingers crossed