Start of the World

Background
The start of the world began on Minecraft: Java Edition 1.14.2. Everyone spawned in a random position in the middle 500 blocks of the world.

World Start
The server opening involved several old towns including the Carrot Valley, the Boiling Rock, the Northern Water Tribe, the USSR, Wood Rocket, and the Pacific Northwest. For the first hours of the world, the server would constantly stall, crash, and kick players out. This issue eventually became solved before the next day when the server was reverted to version 1.13.2.

During the first day, several towns began branching out into several different directions. Carrot Valley had formed an entrance plan months before the start of the world and put most of their efforts into being the first town to obtain elytras and shulker boxes. The Boiling Rock held a similar idea and planned to reach and defeat the Ender Dragon first. Both the USSR and Wood Rocket began constructing their towns near the spawn. Supersdm7 from the Pacific Northwest ventured out into the world in hopes of finding a Woodland Mansion to inhabit.

After some hours after the server's opening, Carrot Valley defeated the Ender Dragon and began diving into The End in order to find essential loot. After seeing another town had defeated the dragon first, Damusagi ordered a change of plans for the Boiling Rock and began seeking for an ideal location for their base of operations. During his quest to find a new island, he and the Boiling Rock encountered the Northern Water Tribe out of nowhere. Both parties, however, felt as if they were not prepared enough to take on each other and went their separate ways. The Boiling Rock eventually found an island to settle on and began building their town.

The Northern Water Tribe settled near the spawn.

The USSR found a snow biome near the center of the world to build in but relocated soon after finding out the middle 500 blocks consisted of purely unclaimable land.

Wood Rocket began tunneling down into a village and began work on their underground base.

Supersdm7 of the Pacific Northwest eventually discovered a Woodland Mansion to settle in and set up a temporary camp on top of the roof in order to prepare for his assault on the mansion.