Sub Server

Philza had a few Minecraft Servers going on through his discord server throughout time. A total of 3 major ones are to be found. Most knowledge on this page stems from player experience and memories, as well as screenshots. Information is subject to change as more info is remembered or added :D

Server 1 : ??? - July 2019
This was an Anarchy server that was already running during the initial Season 2 Death explosion. It was an Anarchy server with few rules and not many plugins, if any. Since it had gone on for a while, Phil did a poll in the sub server chat present at the time about resetting into a server with a plot-claiming system and that also ran on the MC Release 1.13.

This leads into the first Major server that would create a lot of history in Phils Discord.

Server 2 : July 2019 - July 7th 2020
This server lasted for about a year, peaking for a few months, but largely dead during the latter half of it's lifespan. The server was based on MC Release 1.13, 1.13.1 and 1.13.2, and hosted a major plethora of members and iconic builds, as well as some notable events.

One such notable event was one called "Sub Server Sunday". An event that occurred around the beginning of Fall 2019 where players were pitted against eachother in an arena with a floor made of Ice, hitting each-other with sticks until the last man standing won. A few rounds were passed until an ultimate winner was selected and won some prizes. Only one of these fight events occurred during the servers lifespan. The event took place on a floating arena some 50K blocks in every direction away from Spawn, and a teleporter was placed at spawn for Participants/Watchers.

One funny detail from this event was that, while it was mostly blocked by barrier blocks as to not let people escape into the area outside it, there were a few gaps that let a few players escape. These few players, although ambiguous to name as of the time of writing, escaped into the wilderness and attempted to speedrun diamond armour individually in the area that the arena was built, which was unintended by Phil and the mods.

This sub server would also see the first generation of Philza subs, following the Season 2 death. Notable people include PrinzLucian (A.K.A. Kektank, ZeivIX), Alihukwe, Auxilor, AntoLne and many more. AntoLne and Alihukwe were also Brethren at the time, but later would leave and both lose their rank on the discord. Many faces had passed throughout this servers lifespan, as well as many builds.

Server Spawn
The server spawn had a custom spawning area built by Phil himself, a 4 pillar structure with wide, open doorways and a glass roof with vines hanging down would greet new and returning players. Because this server now had a plot-claiming system, there were many shops and homes claimed in small or big plots around spawn. One such building was a mall which contained many smaller shops of various stock such as banner making services, dyes, foods etc.

As a side-note : The server had remained stuck on 1.13 for it's entire lifespan due to 2 major reasons.

1: Servers were incredibly laggy and unpolished at the time, especially during the 1.13 and 1.14 update. As such, updating to 1.14 would have made the server unplayable and a very poor experience for players

2: Phil was largely uninterested in managing the server seriously, and mainly thought of it as an afterthought for subbing to him on Twitch, so despite server conditions eventually improving, that didn't mean Phil would do anything about it.

Back onto the spawn. One of the gates of the Spawn structure would lead you directly to a statue of Phil, built by the Brethren Alihukwe. At the feet of Phil there was a large map which featured most of the spawn area, including shops, landmarks, other structures, and the notorious "IAN BEST MOD" sign that was built out in the Ocean. This sign would make a grand return in the next sub server a year later. If you were to walk through the map, you would go inside the foot of the statue, where there was an enchanting setup as well as a way to get to the top of the statue, which was used as a jumping off point for Elytra launch.

Mod Town
This town was where Phil and the moderators live. This included IanBealio, Karol, Kiel, DevilsGreen and JoeDesigns iirc. This is where Phil and mods went into creative and made whatever they wanted as part of Mod Town, a fun venture for most of them, and spawning a few notable structures such as Karols Dark Oak Tree.

Server 3 - Season 1 : July 7th 2020 - Jan 13th 2021
After a long silence from Phil about a new sub server, and many requests for a reset, Phil finally answered by announcing that the server will reset and begin anew on the 1.16 update, featuring the claim-plugin from before. On July 7th, the server opened to the subs and had lasted just over 6 months, until January 13th. In that time, Phil had gained interest in managing the server better and had employed the help of JoshA20, who helped him mod and install CoreProtect among other things such as a Dynmap to make the server run and function better, as well as making dealing with cheaters far easier.

A long history exists on this server, despite it being half as long as the 2nd Server. Lots of notable builds and areas are also present in this server, which Phil would later document and visit in a tour stream on the same day as the servers closing, January 13th. However, it did not include every build and location as there were simply too many, and as such, around the last few weeks of the server, Phil had announced that he wants people to submit builds they want him to visit during the stream, that they either made or thought were worth it enough to make it in the tour. Phil would later upload a video to his YouTube channel which was shorted down from the stream, showcasing the builds he visited.