9b9t

9b9t is an anarchy Minecraft server that was created on June 19th 2016 by jj20051.

2016
On June 1st, 2016, youtuber TheCampingRusher joined 2b2t and recorded a video on it. The video went viral, and thousands of players flooded in. The server was not prepared for this swarm, and a queue was introduced. However, especially in the first days, the queue was quite inefficient, with players often losing their spot due to random errors. This led y0b to create 4b4t, the first post-rusher clone. However, soon 4b4t became extremely laggy, and not everyone was happy with y0b's decision of introducing /tpa. A 4b4t player by the name of jj20051 offered to help y0b with fixing the lag several times, but his offers fell on deaf ears. Frustration with the server lag would lead jj20051 to create his own server, which he called 9b9t. The first players of the server were his teammates from 4b4t: their whole group, Legion moved to 9b9t. Ltnk became the first player to join (even before jj20051 himself). ParadigmPlague became moderator of 9b9t's subreddit and designed 9b9t's logo.

After a bit, the server was opened to the public, and it grew quickly in size, soon rivaling 4b4t itself. In its early days, 9b9t's MOTD and motto was "9b9t, anarchy without lag". However, that was soon dropped in favor of "9b9t is like aids, you can’t get rid of it" and even later "9b9t, the undead anarchist playground". MOTDs were later randomized so that a different one would be given at each refresh.

Useful pages

 * jj20051 for the man who started it all.
 * Public Discords for a list of public chats to join.