Facepunch Republic

The Facepunch Republic, also known as the Facepunch Alliance, was a group of players that joined in early 2011. They consisted out of www.facepunch.com users thus giving them their name. Their leader was known as Chezhead. Facepunch came to 2b2t to play and create cities where their forum members could build and bring a bit of order among the tides of anarchy by creating a perfect civilization where people had jobs and whatnot. Their initiate failed horribly as their actions were seen as an insult to the whole server, beginning a hunt for facepunchers on the server. Their forum was still essential to 2b2t to server as a media and a memory book of the server. One of their main (and most notable) spawn bases was 2k2k located at approximately X: 2000 Z: 2000. Since their base was close to spawn, it was griefed multiple times, but it didn't stop the Facepunchers to keep repairing it. Eventually more and more Facepunchers gave up on repairing 2k2k and either went to live somewhere else or left the server. 2k2k is currently a giant lava cast with some of its former structure still buried under its stony grave.The last Facepunch thread was closed in 7th June, 2015.

History
It all started when a Facepuncher called Chezhead rallied other Minecraft players from the same forum to join him on the server to make a ‘Facepunch Republic’. The short-term goal was just to have a base for the Facepunch community to play on. However, the 4channers took notice of this. Days later, Camp Facepunch, their first base, was destroyed.

The Facepunchers realized that 2b2t was not as easy as they thought it was when the Facepunch Castle was greifed by mweozrz, a hacker who was using speed and flying hacks. The Facepunchers continued to make bases, but Chezhead was too naive to realize that the bases were incredibly close to spawn (This was a common occurrence during this period). Chezhead was even stupid enough to show the coordinates to one of his bases on a youtube video in 2011. The Facepunchers attempted to counter attack the 4channers, but were unable to since they took up around 70% of the 2b2t population at the time. The Facepunch Republic was also weak in the materials department, making them susceptible to being slaughtered if well-geared players launched an attack.

Eventually, more and more Facepunchers quit 2b2t, and the Republic died in February of 2012.

Post Facepunch Eras
Despite the republic being disbanded and several facepunchers leaving after 2k2k, there were still facepunchers who remained (similar to how Rushers still roam the server despite Team Rusher disbanding). These facepunchers either fused into new groups, went solo, or never advertised their facepunch origin and secretly made new bases (ie Hitlerwood).

The most notable group of facepunchers still remaining after the Rupublic's fall was the group at Hitlerwood which later fused with Anatolia (aka the Black Flag Group) to create Valkyria. So essentially Valkyria was the Facepunch Republic 2.0 due to their facepunch ancestry. Knightvista created the last facepunch base, Fort Avril, which was griefed. People still come to 2b2t from Facepunch to this day, despite very minimal, however obviously do not have any association with the Republic that existed years ago.

Trivia

 * Facepunchers still roam the server today such as popbob, xcc2, lemler33 and few others.
 * The term Facepuncher is similar to Rusher as it is used in the exact same way. It was used to generalize a group of players and not necessarily mean they were part of the Republic (while most were) but just to refer to them that they came from facepunch
 * The Republic named their bases federation shelters, outposts, camps, forts, and towns.
 * The group had a system of social classes, which included (but not limited to) the leader, advisors, mayors and citizens. Chezhead was the supreme leader (or President) of the republic and had full power over it. He made the ultimate decisions. Advisors were put in place to keep bases in check and were required to arrange meetings with all advisors online in order to agree with large decisions, with Chezhead having the final say. Mayors ran towns and shelters and kept the citizens of the town in line. The citizens were basic builders and common players.

Authentic Posts from Chezhead (More to come)
This was retrieved by James_Rustles from the depths of the facepunch forums. There were pictures.

☀http://www.jamesrustles.com/2015/05/2b2t-facepunch-history.html

In the far reaches of the minecraft community, there is a server called 2b2t.net. It’s open for many forums including Facepunch, 4chan, and Something Awful. I decided to head over to it one day to see what it was all about.

This is the spawn. The entire area around 1000 blocks of the spawn feels like a nuclear apocalypse, with ruined buildings, giant craters, and nothing surviving for more than a few days. It’s pretty much a cesspool of griefing and destruction. That’s what I loved about it, however. There was a raw feel of survival. No rules, no admins, full strategy and PvP action.

I joined this server, and some buddies of mine joined on as well, Mattyyy and Coolity. We took refuge underneath this.

We later met with the creator of this “castle” and learned of its history, but for then, we just hid in the expansive mines underneath it. There were thousands of tunnels under it, and led to many areas around the spawn. It was a true set of catacombs.

After a little bit, a thread of mine about this server gained popularity, and many other facepunchers joined in the fun. We eventually had a bustling area simply built around a single staircase.

Eventually, we moved out to a separate castle due to the lack of space and being too close to the spawn. This castle was an amazing fortress of solitude and happiness. We eventually got a working system of government (for the most part), jobs, and a decent infrastructure of facepunchers. Here’s a picture of a meeting. (I’m the one at the front of the room)

Sadly, all things had to come to an end. Base number two was destroyed by hackers with their hacked in TNT.

We found another base the next day. It was a bustling castle with a wide open courtyard. Some 4channers with hacks shortly destroyed this too.

Facepunchers are persistent, so we moved onto another area. After a brief struggle with two separate bases, we moved into a cave system, led again by me. We made a nice courtyard, fountain, and other fun things.

This base lasted a while. I moved from it for a bit, and let Icytruth take control of it in place of me. Sadly, it was taken by creepers. Numerous explosions near the entrance flooded it, and creepers were swept in by the water, making it inhabitable. It was lost and forgotten.

Base number 5 was found completely by accident. After the creeper invasion, I moved elsewhere to find a nice area for a sweet underground base. After digging down a bit, I fell into this:

This base was the best of them all. We inhabited it and changed it to our needs. I’m not exactly sure how the base fell, but I think it was a friendly hacker turning evil after someone hurt him. Not too sure, but it was later inhabited again. Not sure if people still live there. The location was later told over chat by KombatDoctor, and the location compromised. It’s likely being griefed and looted right now.

Eventually, we moved and created base number six. I put Startoad in charge of this one, and he ran it pretty well with the exception of a bit of bickering between him and Dachande. It was named Camp General Discussion, and another camp was made into Camp Creationism Corner. This is when I worked on a secret project, “Project Arsenal”, a mob trap hidden in a desert, made to provide military equipment to our military to ward off hackers and other potental threats.

From here on out, the history gets muddled. There’s multiple bases used to house people from different camps. Life is pretty well, except for two mysterious people in diamond armor that scared us near spawn.

Camp Creationism Corner Flourishes, and mweorz helps us out a bit. He ends up being a great friend and helper. Sadly, this comes to an end like all bases. I logged off for the night, and all or items were gone (Still wondering if that was some FP members, taking it to the new base?), the place trashed, and the place deserted. Bennyhill and rage639 take the base to attempt to look for materials, but obviously fail. I hit them with some lava and a sword, and die valiantly after attempting to run away and logging off.

This is a brief history of the Facepunch campaign in this server. Tell me if you have pictures or more info! When this is all over (server shutdown, ultimate destruction of facepunchers, total conquering of the entire server), I’ll make a thread about it, much like the Wurm Online story that always seems to be around on GD.

Notable Members

 * Chezhead

Probably several others
 * Mattyyy
 * Askaris
 * ArsonBoy5996
 * Asrue2
 * Bisousbisous
 * BlueAVS
 * Bob4life10
 * Cameron_Stroub
 * Cellular
 * ChrisDom
 * Popbob (Until his rampage)
 * passie05
 * policemike55
 * xcc2
 * chase101
 * CreamOFtheSlop
 * TentricCon
 * BreakfastBuddy
 * Phagocyto
 * Mexican (Yes, ure not dreamin)
 * Computrix
 * Coolguy13511
 * Coolity
 * Crommissar
 * DeandreT
 * Devonwargod
 * Fizzlecleave
 * Frustum
 * GiggleBlizzard
 * Hellborg
 * Hinderjd
 * Horsedrowner
 * IcyTruth
 * Joshirw54
 * Jackald
 * KarvaBopi
 * Leleko_765
 * Livelion
 * LucanC
 * Mariodude146
 * MrFoxer
 * Neos300
 * Ninjarooster
 * Prezshadow
 * PrinnyGenocide
 * Rabbittt
 * RagamuffinJoe
 * Rauthr
 * Ricaaado
 * Robotito
 * RobotBanana
 * Ryfry
 * Slag
 * Soccerskyman
 * Startoad
 * Taos_Lightnin
 * TayG0
 * Teacakes
 * Velguador
 * Zeos
 * ZombieDawgs
 * PootisSpencer
 * uitham