AquaticSMP

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AquaticSMP (also aquaticsmp.eu) was a Minecraft survival multiplayer server, originally hosted at play.aquaticsmp.xyz. Led by owners Dzsocker1 and TheDarkRoby, it grew to a record peak of 224 concurrent players before declining over roughly five seasons and eventually shutting down. It is remembered fondly by its community.

Origins (play.aquaticsmp.xyz)

AquaticSMP launched under the IP play.aquaticsmp.xyz. Its early growth was driven largely by owner Dzsocker1 (known as Wamobi on Discord), who made YouTube videos about the server — giving away loot and hiding shulker boxes full of loot around the map for players to find.^[1]

Move to aquaticsmp.eu and growth

A few months later the server changed its address to aquaticsmp.eu. Its web store ran on the subdomain store.aquaticsmp.eu, where players could buy ranks and packages.^[2] The server kept growing and one day hit a peak of 207 players. For about a week afterwards it averaged almost 200 players online at once, before settling at around 50–100.^[3]

The "prime" (May–June)

The server's prime came in May and June, when it reached 155 players and peaked at 100+ players every day thanks to daily events, many of them run by Executive Lamiwe.

NeqsteinX on the staff team

During Season 1, an OG player named NeqsteinX joined the server. He would go on to become one of the most important figures in its history, playing continuously and never quitting while the server was alive. He applied to the staff team and received the rank of Sr. Helper. Being extremely active, he was promoted to Moderator within a few weeks. He later resigned following an argument — around the same time the server reached its all-time record of 224 players. In that period the server was getting a 100+ player peak every day.

He returned later as a Helper and was promoted to Media Manager. With the rest of the staff team largely inactive at the time, owners Dzsocker1 and TheDarkRoby promoted him to Manager, and 3w9d took over as Media Manager — helping keep the server alive. Most of the changes made on the server came from Dzsocker1, while NeqsteinX streamed and made videos, was known for being friendly, and never abused his permissions.

Decline

Across roughly five seasons the playerbase gradually shrank, and by the final period the server had only about 40–60 daily concurrent players. In July, daily loot drops brought it back up to 70–100 players every day, until NeqsteinX and Dzsocker1 quit. The community remained especially fond of Dzsocker1 and NeqsteinX, while TheDarkRoby was widely seen as inactive and unfriendly toward players.

The 12QuboYTE incident

12QuboYTE, NeqsteinX's closest friend, gained access to NeqsteinX's account and secretly used it to raid bases in creative mode and damage the server. Many players lost their bases as a result.^[4]

When TheDarkRoby discovered what was happening, he permanently banned 12QuboYTE and demoted NeqsteinX from Manager — despite NeqsteinX's popularity with the community.

Departures and closure

After NeqsteinX's demotion, Dzsocker1 was the only active owner. Saddened that NeqsteinX could no longer help, he decided to leave AquaticSMP, leaving TheDarkRoby as the sole owner. Since players had loved Dzsocker1 and NeqsteinX, many quit as well — there was little activity and nobody left to organise anything.

The server fell to just 5–15 players. Seeing no reason to keep it online with almost no one playing, TheDarkRoby closed AquaticSMP permanently.

Community and links

• Official Discord: discord.gg/aquaticsmp — it grew to more than 2,000 members before the server closed.
• Dzsocker1's Discord server: discord.gg/e8pbBF9bW
• NeqsteinX on Discord: Ne_qudi — still active as a staff member on some Minecraft servers.
• Store: store.aquaticsmp.eu

Gallery

Logos

AquaticSMP went through more than one logo during its lifetime. The AQ block mark is the newest of the two.

Notable people

Skins

The skins worn by the people behind AquaticSMP, with who they were and what they did on the server.

References

1. Dzsocker1's YouTube videos about AquaticSMP.
2. The server's web store at store.aquaticsmp.eu.
3. Community recollections of player counts.
4. Accounts from AquaticSMP players and staff.