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created in 2013 by Gregory Bylos and Jarred van de Voort. In 2016, Mineplex had millions of unique players monthly. At its peak, the server had around 20,000 concurrent players at almost any given time. Mineplex has won the ''

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'' award on January 28, 2015 for having 34,434 concurrent players, the most on a ''Minecraft'' server at the time. This record was later lost to

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the same year. Mineplex's popularity on the ''

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Edition'' of ''Minecraft'' rapidly declined after its peak years, while the '' Bedrock Edition'' counterpart averaged 4,000+ concurrent players. After years of decline, Mineplex ceased its operations on May 16, 2023. Following the closure, a former administrator claimed to have purchased it.

Features

The server's main feature was its various

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as well as its specially customized and heavily modded multiplayer maps.

History

Mineplex was founded and created on January 24, 2013, by Gregory Bylos and Jarred van de Voort, known in ''Minecraft'' as "Sterling_", and "Spu_" respectively. In June 2013, Mineplex merged with a Minecraft server known as "BetterMC". The server received large increases in players after

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became part of the ownership team, and he would publish videos about the server. In 2016, the

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partnered with Mineplex to create ''Dallas Mavericks World'', a minigame for the server. According to a news release by the team, it would allow players to compete in building competitions and play a basketball minigame in a full-scale model of the

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. The minigame was launched on the server in the summer of 2016 but ultimately failed due to Mineplex's partnership with

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. Mineplex was one of the oldest Minecraft servers that existed since 2013, until the server ceased operations in May 2023.

Closure

On May 12, 2023, Mineplex's website and ''Minecraft'' servers went down without prior notice. Mineplex was removed from ''Minecraft: Bedrock Edition'''s featured server listing three days later on May 15. An announcement from one of Mineplex's administrators was made in the Mineplex

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server the following day that the server would be permanently closed down. Following the closure, a former administrator of the server said he had "acquired 100% of Mineplex" on

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Awards and nominations

References

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