Hopen

Hopen was a large group base established on March 8, 2020, by DarkXL6, DJDJ_, FamilyPumpkin6, wakwak90, built by many members of X-Topia as a result of its grief in February 2020. Hopen totaled 14 players during its peak. The base was found using a coordinate exploit and minorly griefed in August 2020, resulting in its self-grief.

Background

 * Main: X-topia § Leak and grief

Hopen was founded and consisted mostly of builders from the early 2019 base X-Topia, founded by DarkXL6. The base was leaked using a coordinate exploit and griefed on February 28, 2020. This event is what resulted in the founding of Hopen on March 8, 2020.

Beginning
After DJDJ_ chose the spot for the base and the other original members arrived, mattvtd, traisky, and _gigo were invited to the base as well, and construction began. The base was built around the theme of towns. The first area built was FamilyPumpkin6's Desert Town, where he built the stash pyramid. A Residential Town was built for members' houses. traisky built a temple and quit the server shortly thereafter, Hopen being his last base. mattvtd built his SunFall Temple and _gigo built his villager sphinx, statue of Anubis, and the large Town Hall. Around this time, Zaanga was invited to the base, and he constructed his Acacia Town. Throughout the base's lifespan, MinisterBismarck, Joey_Coconut, SurvivalGamerQC, bob5768, macca_2508, StneCldKilla – who never arrived – and H_MAN_25 were also invited, with the base totaling 14 members at its peak. SurvivalGamerQC built his tower behind the Desert Town, bob5768 built Luminis City behind the Town Hall, Joey_Coconut built his extensive cave system and brick town, and macca_2508 started his smurf-themed mushroom island, which was never completed. Some of the most notable structures at the base were the main Desert Town area, _gigo's Town Hall, FamilyPumpkin6's Louvre (museum), and _gigo's Farlands. In several locations, the base had "floating water" made by _gigo, which utilized Block 36.

Grief
IronException and l_amp both found the base using the PetTP coordinate exploit, although they did not grief or leak.

On August 7, 2020, FamilyPumpkin6 logged in to find part of the dupe stash griefed. The base members acted quickly to evacuate the remaining dupe stash and collectible items kept in the Louvre, and self-griefed. It was confirmed shortly thereafter that 0x22 had found the base, although it is not known how.

Architecture and builds
See here.