Joey Coconut

Joey_Coconut is a builder and leader of a variety of groups such as the Block Gamers, Astral Brotherhood, Shortbus Caliphate, and formerly Guardsmen. He led the construction of Block Game Jerusalem, and has contributed to many other bases, most notably Block Game Mecca and Whitehaven. He also organized and led the Tenth Incursion and is a member of the SpawnMasons.

The beginning
Joey_Coconut joined the server on 12 June, 2015, after he was introduced to the server by his friend, ARENAWARLORD. He wandered around spawn extensively, settling for a time at a place known as the Noob Ranch, and then to the Melon Highway in late 2015. Joey_Coconut played as a lurker with common periods of inactivity. He built Little Altenburg in early 2016. In late 2016, Joey_Coconut noticed thumbnails for TheCampingRusher's series on the "Oldest Server in Minecraft," and was drawn back into 2b2t. He became leader of a group of Rushers, and set up his first group project in the same location as Tugboat Base. Joey_Coconut and his now-enlarged group of newfags known as the Rogue Gnomes established two bases. The bases were called Altenburg and Salzburg, and were extremely short-lived.

While operating his sanctuary at the location of Tugboat Base, Joey_Coconut met many travelers, including Slappnbadkids, who soon invited him to base at Invictus II.

Invictus and Associated bases
On his way to Invictus II, Joey ran into the entirety of the base group on the highway, themselves on their way back from their recent raid on La Rosa. Joey_Coconut based at Invictus II from early October of 2016 to late November, when it was abandoned and griefed by NedaT. He then based at Obliviscaris, but this base was also, short-lived and uneventful. Obliviscaris lasted only a few weeks in December of 2016. Joey was then invited to C4RTM4N's base, the 2b2t Creative Mode Project, and went inactive during this time. When he returned, the base had been blown up by Parthicus. After becoming a member of Block Game Mecca, and not wanting to make the trip out, Ironfarm Base was given to Joey. Instead, he elected to reside in the now-empty Ironfarm Base and attempt to create a cadet base for potential BGM members. The base was generally inactive; only Placer and Drathader came to the location. On 20 April, 2017, Joey_Coconut left the base and was BedTP'd to Block Game Mecca following a tip-off that IronFarm Base had been Coordinate exploited. Ironfarm Base was griefed by Parthicus the following day.

Block Game Mecca
Joey_Coconut arrived in Mecca on 20 April, 2017. Throughout his time at Block Game Mecca, Joey_Coconut built his Brick Biome, the CocoCastle, a sizable village, a melon shrine, and a replica tugboat from Tugboat Base. He also created the so-called "epic dabbing skateboard man statue". On 6 November, 2017, Joey_Coconut created the Shortbus Caliphate along with Slappnbadkids and _m_o_t_h_r_a_ at the base. For Christmas 2017, Joey_Coconut built a noteblock rendition of "Oh Christmas Tree" underneath the base's Christmas Tree. After duping over 6 million bricks during the 1.12 Stacking Duplication, Joey built his brick biome at BGM. He subsequently built a second, larger one at BGJ. Immediately following the fall of Mecca, Joey_Coconut became heavily involved in the BoeMeccan Witch Trials against Beardler, along with YellowstoneJoe and _m_o_t_h_r_a_. Joey_Coconut started the process off with 2 reddit posts. Joey quit 2b2t for a short period of time before returning to Block Game Jerusalem to begin building his area.

Rhodes, Astral, and Incursions
During the 1.11.2-1.12 temp map in July 2017, Joey_Coconut met the player Drachenstien, through a small group known as Imperinova. Drachenstien invited Joey_Coconut to jared2013's base, Rhodes. The base did not survive the summer. While there, Joey_Coconut met _m_o_t_h_r_a_, who was invited to Mecca shortly after the fall of Rhodes. In May of 2018, Joey_Coconut became a member of the Astral Order, achieving the Celestium rank within the Astral Order and befriending LordGalvatronMC in the process. Joey also participated in the Sixth Incursion and Seventh Incursion.

Democratic Republic of 2b2t
In September 2018, Joey_Coconut joined the Democratic Republic of 2b2t, and orchestrated a coup against Gambino over accusations of abuse of power. The result of the coup was Joey_Coconut becoming "President of 2b2t." The group disintegrated after Gambino gave ownership of the server to WomenAreObjects, who nuked the server and allegedly doxxed Gambino.

Joey stopped actively playing on the server itself from the foundation of Block Game Jerusalem to May 2020. In the interim, he moved to Constantiam for a short time.

Hopen
In mid-May, 2020, Joey_Coconut started to play actively on 2b2t again, with the foundation of the JIDF being his first action. He then founded JIDFBase as a place for the members to meet, although a spawnfarm, Bearington, was the first base of the group. JIDFBase was griefed on 5 July, 2020. Through the JIDF, Joey_Coconut met FamilyPumpkin6, who subsequently invited him to Hopen. Joey_Coconut became a member of Hopen on June 21, 2020. Upon arriving at the base, Joey_Coconut began to build. He built his mine and brick town while there, started a large underground complex, and took part in the trial of DarkXL6. The base was later griefed by 0x22 on the morning of the 7th of August, 2020, leaving Joey's projects mostly incomplete. He subsequently brought the majority of the members to Block Game Jerusalem.

Fungroup Inc. groups
After becoming established at Hopen, Joey_Coconut decided to resume JIDF activities, which had been paused after JIDFBase. He started by founding DoofBase near spawn on 23 July, 2020. He invited members of NFPR to the base (as he was a Mayor in NFPR at the time), as well as the usual JIDF members. The base lasted under 24 hours. Following this, Joey_Coconut, Crawket, and LordGalvatronMC founded Fort Aqua on 25 July, 2020. The base took shape quickly before being discovered by digandbuilder, who was showing his coordinates while streaming. Following the base's discovery, Joey_Coconut decided to move the JIDF's operations to the the Shortbus Caliphate once again. The members griefed the base on the 1st of August, 2020. Joey participated in many bases in the Shortbus Caliphate, such as the Gender Reveal Biome, Beirut, and Gaza. Following months of 0Neb shitposting about the account xz_9 and the Nerd's Inc mind calculator, Joey involved himself. The group's public activities were run largely through the Shortbus Caliphate, with whom the group built The Calculator, and The Calculator II (also called the Shortbus Calculator) and Funbase. Members were recruited from a wide variety of groups, although they were mostly from the SpawnMasons, Guardsmen, Block Gamers, Nerds Inc, and the Shortbus Caliphate. The group focused on 'trolling' 0Neb, although it devolved into a continuous RP about former US President Lyndon B Johnson. After Nocom was revealed, it was realized the group was one of the many smokescreens for the exploit.

Avalonia and Elysium
In July of 2020, Noah3j invited Joey_Coconut to the group Avalonia. The invitation brought Joey_Coconut to 2 bases: Avalonia and Andromeda. Avalonia fell on 12 August, 2020, after Dectonic had given the coordinates to several Infinity Incursion members. Following the grief of Avalonia, Joey_Coconut, along with most other members of the group, were invited to the Elysium Group. Andromeda was later griefed by Ionar and DrBeardStash, on 26 September, 2020, following disagreements between them and others in the wider Avalonia-Elysium association. He later built at the groups' joint base, Avalysium.

Crimson and Guardsmen
Joey_Coconut was invited to base at The Cum Zone by y_a_t_a. Taking a liking to the group, Joey_Coconut became a member of Crimson, and moved with them to Cum Zone II. At Cum Zone II, Joey_Coconut laid the foundation for the extensive Acacia District at the base that later became a staple of most other Crimson and Shortbus Caliphate Bases. The original Acacia District was heavily inspired by Vertrix's town at Block Game Jerusalem. Following the disbandment of Crimson, most of the members joined the Shortbus Caliphate. Joey_Coconut and most of the former Crimson members founded Halicarnassus together shortly afterward. The base went innactive, however, when most of its inhabitants moved to Adamantium and eventually became members of Guardsmen. Joey_Coconut co-lead the construction of Adamantium with Orsond from December2020 to January 2021. It was a large base near spawn that was built as a cooperative effort between the now-rebranded Caliphate and the Guardsmen. He spent over 100 hours building at the base in its less than 2 week lifespan. Following the grief of Adamantium, Joey was promoted into the leadership of the Guardsmen, a position which he retained until October 2021. He has participated in nearly all subsequent Guardsmen bases, such as Mediano, until his final base with the group, The Crypt. Following drama with orsond, Joey exited the group with most of the Shortbus Caliphate and Guardsmen dual members.

The 10th Incursion
Main Article: Tenth Incursion

Upon hearing that Mrbeast had joined 2b2t, Joey_Coconut moved quickly to form the Tenth Incursion. As a result of a general sense of panic, the server grew incredibly quickly. Following Mrbeast's exit from 2b2t, many incursion members and leaders stopped participating in the organization. Joey_Coconut formulated an entirely new plan with several members, and revitalized the operation with several new members being included in the leadership. The new plan was to place enchanting tables in mass at nether spawn to anger the spawn pvpers. The enchantment table operation moved on to be a success.

Whitehaven
In January 2021, Krobar01 invited Joey to Whitehaven after seeing his builds at Adamantium, which were in a similar style to those at Whitehaven. Joey became a Co-leader of the base, concentrating on recruiting new members to the group. Throught him, Banana_on_2b2t, _gigo, DocSmurf, and Lunch_Katsu were invited to the base. Joey focused on his castle for the majority of the base's existence, although he also built Gazebos, the beginnings of a town, and a bridge infamous among the base members. The base was leaked by jared2013 on June 16th 2021, along with Block Game Jerusalem, after months of heated confrontation with Joey.

Block Game Jerusalem
Following the griefs of Hopen and Fort Aqua, Joey consulted with the remaining Block Game Jerusalem members, and invited many of the builders from the Aforementioned bases to Jerusalem, which he revived. The base exploded in size, and following a leak to jared2013, the number of nonmembers who knew also increased. Joey continued to lead Block Game Jerusalem, and formulated a more concrete identity of the Block Gamers as a basegroup throuhout the base's lifespan. He constructed a wide variety of projects there, such as his feverdream village, Desert Tudor village (which itself was to experiment with builds to put at Whitehaven) and most notably, Brick Biome 2.

Despite the numerous leaks, Joey kept the base going with sizable help from a variety of others shielding the base, mostly members of Nerds Inc and Team Pepsi. After BGJ was leaked to a number of people who were going to grief the base on the morning of June 16th 2021, Joey leaked the coordinates publicly, and invited the Spawnmasons to grief the base.

Rat House
Following the twin griefs of Whitehaven and Block Game Jerusalem, Rathause and Joey_Coconut began running a project at Rathause's year-old spawnbase, the Rat House. Under their direction, with assistance from Todarac and villicool112, the base grew to be the largest base ever on 2b2t in terms of membercount, and the largest spawnbase ever on the server - at a distance of 30k from (0,0).

Astral Brotherhood
Following the disbandment of most large groups on the server, Joey_Coconut and LordGalvatronMC. They invited a wide variety of members to the group upon its foundation, with whom they built Vega, Santiago, Astralia, and Menegroth. After the leaks, and intermixed griefs and self-griefs of Astralia, Menegroth, Gaza, and Halicarnassus by the Fifth Column, Joey_Coconut led efforts to grief several bases many of the Fifth Column members were at, Erebus, and Enchante on November 20, 2021. He helped run CirocDrip's base, Okab with Enchoseon, until its grief by BIKMUNNI on 12 December 2021 as a result of the Log4j exploit.

Involvement in the wiki
On 27 July, 2018, Joey_Coconut became a Administrator on the 2builders2tools wiki, which was headed by jared2013. After the project slowed down as a result of jared2013 disappearing, Joey_Coconut was brought onto the 2b2t wiki by Dark_Annihilator as an administrator. He quickly went inactive. In April 2020, Joey_Coconut, _Henry_, jared2013, and several others began discussion to the effect of serious changes in the wiki structure and scope. With this shared vision, Joey_Coconut planned a removal of what himself and his supporters viewed as an incapable administration in Proposed Changes to 2b2t Wiki Staff. Following all of this, Joey_Coconut was promoted to Bureaucrat on the wiki and currently holds that rank. He participates and has participated in a variety of other community projects.

2b2t_Uncensored Nukes and 2b2t Uncut
Following the deletion of an article about Zltb (the owner of the 2b2t_uncensored subreddit), Joey_Coconut's staff position was revoked. After generating considerable public outcry against Zltb, Joey_Coconut co-founded 2b2t_uncut subreddit with Orsond. He also nuked the uncensored subreddit in early January 2020, and participated in several other nukes and attempted nukes throughout the month. Joey_Coconut was later removed from the r/2b2t_uncut staff team as well.