The story revolves around the dragon egg in Minecraft, specifically on the anarchy server "2b2t." In a normal Minecraft world, there is only one dragon egg, and if it's lost or destroyed, it's gone forever. However, on 2b2t, the egg has survived despite the server being over a decade old.
The egg was first obtained by player JDW66 in 2012, after players XC2 and Police_Mike created a portal to the End dimension. JDW66 duped the egg, creating multiple copies, which were distributed among elite players. By the time server administrator "House" went on a rampage to delete all end portals and portal frames, thousands of eggs were already in circulation.
The eggs became a novelty item and were later used as a griefing tool to delete bedrock. After the YouTube invasion of 2016, the server underwent massive changes, and the eggs returned to being a fun novelty. Today, the dragon egg is still widely distributed amongst the 2b2t community, and its potential use in the future could have significant ramifications for the server.
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1. The 2b2t Minecraft server was created in December 2010.
2. The End dimension and Ender Dragon were not added to Minecraft until late 2011.
3. On the 2b2t server, the chunks where strongholds were supposed to be had already been generated, meaning strongholds and their portals were missing.
4. Players on the server had to find alternative ways to access The End, as the server's admin, housemaster, refused to add the portals.
5. Two players, popbob and police_mike, attempted to activate a portal but failed due to misalignment.
6. Another player, xcc2, successfully recreated a stronghold portal room and activated the portal with the help of police_mike.
7. xcc2 and JDW99_66 entered The End and defeated the Ender Dragon, with JDW99_66 obtaining the dragon egg.
8. The dragon egg was duped using pistons, allowing multiple copies to be created.
9. Hundreds of eggs were produced and distributed among players on the server.
10. Housemaster, the server's admin, deleted all end portal frames and end stone from the server and installed a plugin to prevent players from accessing The End.
11. Despite this, thousands of dragon eggs were already in circulation among players.
12. Housemaster later created new strongholds and portals, allowing players to access The End again.
13. The dragon egg was used as a novelty item and later became a tool for griefing, allowing players to delete bedrock.
14. The egg's ability to delete bedrock was used to remove illegal bedrock placed by players years earlier.
15. The dragon egg is still widely distributed among the 2b2t community and has no real use in Minecraft.