The logo for SMPEarth.
SMPEarth was a private 'survival multiplayer' Minecraft factions server where the playable map was a 1:3000 scale replica of the real-life Earth, and factions are used to simulate nations. The server was founded by Chip with help from WilburSoot and JoshA20.[1] The server had over 60+ creators playing on it and a long history of wars, alliances, and treaties. The server began on November 22, 2019 and officially closed on April 11, 2020, after 142 days.
Many viewers originated from its predecessor server, SMPLive, though the two servers and their active player bases were very different.
Public server
The public server has a wiki of its own. See: SMPEarth Public Wiki
Along with a world download of the official map, a public server for SMPEarth was officially opened on April 18, 2020. The server was in its beta testing phase from Day 82 to Day 94.
Some notable differences between the private server and public server at first included a lack of planes or shops, though those were added later. While on the public server it is possible to /f home, /warp, or /tpa, these commands were disabled on the creator server. Additionally, while the private server only ever used Factions plugins, the Public server was split into both a Factions server and a Towny server. It later became solely a Towny server after the Factions server closed.
Plugins
The server utilized a factions plugin to simulate nations and geopolitics, and wars and factions were declared using it. Some other plugins, including guns, planes, grenades, and airstrikes, and custom crafting recipes were also present on the server.
Meta & External
The server had an official website (and merchandise), a dynamic map, a Wiki, a twitter, a community discord, and a subreddit. There were also two active ARGs that took place on the server - The Octangula ARG, ran by Chip, and the '7 ARG', ran by JoshA20.
Lore
The lore of SMPEarth was revealed through its 2 ARGs, the 7 ARG and the Octangula ARG.
Lore-wise, SMPEarth is a simulation ran presumably by the company Laramie Online. The reasoning behind this simulation is unknown, though it has been specified that SMPEarth was supposed to have been shut down a while ago. SMPEarth is also one of the 7 'nodes' where Mariah Camrey was suspected to be found within. It appears to be a plane that can be used to communicate with the search party for Mariah.
Players
There were many content creators and livestreamers who played on the server. To become whitelisted, it was required to know a creator who is a member of it and have several other creators vouch for them.
Factions
There were many factions on SMPEarth, all player-created and owned.
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Events
NOTE: Please know that this is a MINECRAFT server. All drama and 'beef' between creators is fabricated for viewer entertainment and should not be taken seriously.
SMPEarth's entertainment comes from the interaction between creators on the server. Some of the most notable events and wars on the server include:
- The First Day
- The Faction Reset
- The End Raid
- Antarctic World Domination
- Saint-Malo Trials
- The Prime Claim Crisis
- The Hawaiian Heist
- The Great SMPEarth War
- Christmas Day
- The God War
- SMPEarth Moon Landing
- The First Dragon Egg War
- Green Cumulon Crisis
- The Second Dragon Egg War
- SMPEarth Olympics
A full table of events can be seen here:
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| Interfactional Collaboration |
SMPEarth Moon Landing • SMPEarth Olympics • Green Cumulon Crisis • SMPEarth Hunger Games | |
| Wars |
The 100 Second War • The Polar War • PenIsland-Russian War • The 10 Second War • Transatlantic-Corvarian War • The Irish-Pogland Dispute • Transatlantic-Antarctic War • The German-Corvarian War • Fille-Kpop Conflict • Stock Car Quarrel • The German-Stal War • The Australian Civil War • The Tragedy of Alfred the Chicken • The Sicily Ambush • The God War • The Great Flush • The First Dragon Egg War • Pog-Kievan Skirmish • The Raid of Pueblo de Pog • The Second Dragon Egg War • The 1 Minute War • The Stolen Iron Scuffle • The Hitman War • Day 100 War • The Two and a Half Men War | |
| The Great SMPEarth War |
The Battle of the Bridges • Raid of Bean York City • New Year's Day War • The Casino Conflict • Failed Infiltration of Antarctic Stronghold • Port-aux-Offensive | |
| Treaties |
Treaty of Flowers • Treaty of Berlin • Treaty of Broken Bridges • The Treaty of Pit • Treaty of Bean York • Treaty of the Great Flush | |
| Trials |
Saint-Malo Trials • Its Jawsh v. Kara Corvus • Crime Scene Investigation: Bean York City | |
| Alliances & Diplomacy |
UN • The Cumin Squad • The Courting of the Bean Empire • Ursus Worldwide Union • Scot's Olive Branch • Coochie Gang • Team Chunk Error | |
| Territorial Crisis |
Faction resets • Faction rollbacks • The Great Boomer Misunderstanding • The Middle Eastern Claim Crisis • Korean Bay Land Dispute • The Arctic Claiming Mishap • The Antarctic World Domination • The Prime Claim Crisis | |
| Quests | Mysteries | |
| Adventures |
The Epic Travel of Alfred the Chicken • Scot's Olive Branch • Fake End Landing • Ph1LzA's C.I.A. Recruitment • The Great Alaskan Expansion • World Police Recruitment | |
| Experiments |
Fit Power Experiment • Rails Experiment • The Antarctic Weapon Experiment • The World Border Experiment | |
| Operations |
Midnight End Raid • The Rage Bombings • The Hawaiian Heist • The Australian Bamboo Heist • The Angel Dust Crusade | |
| Tragedy |
Chip's Massacre • The Great Dog Massacre • Internet Protocol Crisis | |
Trivia
- Prior to being named SMPEarth, it had several names, including "ProjectEarth live" or "EarthSMP."
- TommyInnit had mistaken North Korea as Business Bay infront of Wilbur Soot
- SMPEarth's main creator, fractalcounty, re-published a personal retrospective blog post titled The Genesis of SMPEarth on their personal website that outlines various details about the server's early development, such as behind-the-scenes conflicts surrounding server hosting, reflections on community management, and monetization headaches that were previously unknown to the public.[1]
The logo prior to being designed by @dan_pixelflow
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Genesis of SMPEarth, fractalcounty.com. (Accessed March 2, 2025)