News

2023

• 16 October 2023 — 2022 overview map is available
• 15 October 2023 — 2021 overview map is available

2022

• 1 December 2022 — PvP world reset
• 17 June 2022 — 1.18 and server downtime
• 18 April 2022 — Capture the Sign April 2022
• 2 March 2022 — Region file cleanup

2021

• 19 October 2021 — Version 1.17
• 1 October 2021 — Pink glass pvp world
• 16 May 2021 — Wiki and forum accounts are now separate
• 1 April 2021 — Nether World
• 29 March 2021 — The base Three Words
• 28 March 2021 — Regarding diamond ores and RNG exploits
• 3 March 2021 — Regarding bots
• 13 February 2021 — Information about wiki and forum logins
• 1 February 2021 — On base finding methods
• 1 February 2021 — Bedrock world

2020

• 27 December 2020 — Server updated to 1.16.4
• 1 December 2020 — Quinsigamond world
• 1 October 2020 — Mesa world
• 6 September 2020 — Build server rolled back by 1 week
• 1 August 2020 — Floating island world
• 15 June 2020 — About TNT duping
• 1 June 2020 — Tropical Island pvp world
• 10 May 2020 — Build server whitelist has been reset
• 27 April 2020 — Build server has been reopened
• 1 April 2020 — Server updated to 1.15
• 1 April 2020 — Pvp world reset
• 5 February 2020 — New basic pvp world
• 23 January 2020 — Opening up simpvp configuration

2019

• 1 December 2019 — PvP world is now an empty world
• 2 October 2019 — PvP world is reset
• 28 August 2019 — Updated to 1.14
• 3 August 2019 — Pvp world reset to CityWorld
• 1 June 2019 — /world is reset
• 1 April 2019 — /world is reset
• 26 March 2019 — Bed trapping is now allowed
• 24 March 2019 — Lag in the coming days and potential downtime
• 1 February 2019 — PvP world reset
• 14 January 2019 — 2018 pvp worlds are now available for download

2018

• 1 December 2018 — PvP world reset
• 28 November 2018 — Server downtime for world upgrade
• 20 November 2018 — Watch out for combat logging
• 18 November 2018 — The server has been updated to 1.13
• 4 November 2018 — The overview map has been updated for 2018
• 1 October 2018 — PvP world is set to a custom one made by clip
• 1 August 2018 — PvP world reset to normal world
• 1 June 2018 — PvP world reset to a maze world
• 16 May 2018 — A new puzzle for the End Portal
• 1 April 2018 — /world is reset
• 12 March 2018 — We have a new server
• 3 March 2018 — 2017 pvp worlds are now available for download
• 1 February 2018 — PvP world reset for February

2017

• 7 December 2017 — PvP world is reset
• 15 November 2017 — 2017 version of the spawn map is out
• 3 October 2017 — PvP world is reset
• 1 August 2017 — PvP world is reset
• 10 June 2017 — We've updated to 1.12
• 1 June 2017 — /world is emptied except for a single bedrock block
• 1 April 2017 — /world is back
• 1 February 2017 — /world is removed for a 2 month experiment

2016

• 30 November 2016 — We've updated to 1.11
• 6 October 2016 — New ban policy
• 1 October 2016 — PvP world is reset
• 29 August 2016 — /pvplist subscribe has been added
• 6 August 2016 — A couple changes to the build server
• 1 August 2016 — PvP world is reset
• 15 July 2016 — The spawn is reset to a basic one
• 1 June 2016 — PvP is reset
• 4 May 2016 — simpvp has a new owner
• 23 April 2016 — Happy birthday simpvp!
• 1 April 2016 — PvP world is reset to a normal world
• 1 April 2016 — An April 1st announcement
• 12 February 2016 — This server's new rule: Dealing with trolling that crosses the line
• 1 Feburary 2016 — PvP world has been reset to all stone
• 17 January 2016 — Spawn is changed back to the previous one
• 17 January 2016 — PvP worlds for 2015 are now up for download

2015

• 1 December 2015 — Spawn is changed to the annual christmas spawn
• 1 December 2015 — PvP is reset to a single bedrock block
• 1 October 2015 — PvP world has been reset to a floating islands world
• 1 August 2015 — The pvp world is now superflat
• 14 June 2015 — Spawn is updated
• 1 June 2015 — The pvp world is reset
• 31 May 2015 — Introducing portals
• 19 May 2015 — denmark.simpvp.net opens
• 1 April 2015 — The pvp world is reset
• 21 March 2015 — The server is moved to a new host
• 1 February 2015 — The pvp world is reset, allowing enchantments again

2014

• 1 December 2014 — The pvp world is reset to a water world
• 29 November 2014 — We're now 1.8
• 26 October 2014 — We now have a deathban world
• 19 October 2014 — The overworld spawn has been changed to a certain famous old base
• 1 October 2014 — The pvp world has been reset to a standard world
• 23 August 2014 — CTS September 2014 is announced
• 1 August 2014 — The pvp world is reset to an amplified world
• 29 June 2014 — CTS 2014 is won by Melvin3000
• 1 June 2014 — The pvp world is reset
• 23 March 2014 — The pvp world is reset
• 22 February 2014 — Fixed a glitch causing the /op command to kill players
• 16 January 2014 — About the [Serious] tag
• 4 January 2014 — hc.simpvp.net opens
• 1 January 2014 — The spawn is changed to one designed by Cinnabars

2013

• 27 December 2013 — The TeamSpeak server closes, and a new mumble server is opened instead
• 1 December 2013 — The annual christmas spawn is back!
• 1 December 2013 — The ban on the nether roof has been put in effect
• 1 December 2013 — Server has been updated to 1.7.2
• 15 November 2013 — We have a new (physical) server
• 6 November 2013 — Moving of website
• 13 October 2013 — Creative server whitelist has been reset
• 25 October 2013 — Request for a server icon
• 29 September 2013 — Some upcoming downtime
• 18 July 2013 — New pvp map
• 20 May 2013 — New PvP world is up
• 24 March 2013 — PvP world will be reset
• 31 January 2013 — Sorry about the recent downtime
• 24 January 2013 — Design-a-spawn
• 6 January 2013 — The /pvp command is about to be renamed

2012

• 22 December 2012 — December 24th Capture the Sign
• 20 December 2012 — 1.4.6 update
• 19 December 2012 — /pvp command to be temporarily disabled
• 14 December 2012 — Introducing the /ignore command
• 13 December 2012 — Introducing the /r and /m commands
• 25 October 2012 — Update to 1.4
• 15 October 2012 — Minecraft.net is having some problems
• 12 October 2012 — 18 month anniversary
• 1 September 2012 — End will be reset again
• 2 August 2012 — The End is due to be reset
• 27 July 2012 — Updating to Minecraft 1.3
• 29 March 2012 — My inactivity
• 22 March 2012 — Update to Minecraft 1.2.4
• 17 March 2012 — The server website will be moved
• 7 March 2012 — Update to Minecaft 1.2
• 3 March 2012 — Capture the Sign round 3
• 24 February 2012 — Capture the Sign round 2
• 18 February 2012 — Introducing Capture the Sign
• 16 February 2012 — Request for banners
• 14 February 2012 — The End has been reset
• 11 February 2012 — New (new) spawn
• 8 February 2012 — About the limit
• 5 February 2012 — New spawn
• 12 January 2012 — Update to Minecraft 1.1
• 5 January 2012 — About the abuse of glitches
• 2 January 2012 — Confusion regarding the world boundary

2011

• 26 December 2011 — World boundary is up
• 17 December 2011 — New unwritten rule on combatlogging in spawn
• 8 December 2011 — Result of world boundary vote
• 7 December 2011 — World boundary vote will be extended
• 21 November 2011 — About our only Ender portal
• 18 November 2011 — Introducing simplicitypvp.net/vote
• 1 November 2011 — The Nether will be reset along with the next update
• 19 October 2011 — Temporary decrease of server slots
• 15 September 2011 — New permanent server is up
• 14 September 2011 — Update & map reset
• 27 August 2011 — minecraft.net is offline, so the server will be updated