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'''27 September''' — Because of "the use of alternate accounts" and other reasons, the supreme leader of the PRC, TimeSpace_ZONE, the mayor of Shanghai, LAOLING__, and several other PRC players were banned. Later the same day, the Chinese Empire moved its capital to Dalian and renamed it Fengtian.

=== Extra: 10.20 PCL2 incident (2026.10.20 - present) ===

'''20 October''' — The developer of the PCL2 launcher, known as "Longteng Maoyue" , suddenly released an update (version 2.99) that removed the functionality for downloading Minecraft versions and modpacks. On the video platform Bilibili, the developer posted a "crying" emoji, accompanied by a comment: "Note: This has nothing to do with NetEase or Microsoft/Mojang—'Chinese-style parenting' is truly something else, isn't it?" Shortly thereafter, screenshots surfaced from the official PCL2 QQ group, in which the developer explained that a child had spent money (reportedly 2,500 RMB) on a private server; the child's parents subsequently reported the server—and, by extension, the PCL2 launcher itself. Following this, the HMCL launcher also announced the removal of its download features, and ZalithLauncher2 followed suit in its latest version. Meanwhile, the FCL launcher updated its user agreement on GitHub, stating that download services would no longer be provided to users in mainland China.

'''21 October''' — The official website for the FCL launcher became unable to provide downloads for its installation packages. On the same day, a Bilibili user named "Xiao Kun Ge" posted a video demonstrating a "backdoor" in the PCL2 launcher, along with a tutorial on how to exploit it.

'''22 October''' — The developer announced on Bilibili that the PCL2 launcher had been hit by the largest-scale DDoS attack in its history. The attack involved 2.1 billion HTTPS requests—peaking at 154 million requests per minute—originating from over 10,000 distinct IPv4 addresses. The incident resulted in direct losses exceeding 6,000 RMB, 4,674 RMB of which the developer covered out of his own pocket. He also stated that he intended to report the matter to the police. (Subsequently, other individuals managed to uncover the identities of both the attacker and the parent who had filed the initial report.)

'''25 October''' — Longteng Maoyue posted an update on Bilibili announcing that the PCL2 launcher had been updated to version 2.99.0.1. In the notice stating that "Minecraft download functionality is temporarily unavailable," the word "temporarily" was removed—it’s not coming back. Meanwhile, the FCL launcher released version 1.3.4.2, with a promise that "this version will not disable download functionality."

'''26 October''' — Addressing rumors that his GitHub account had been banned, Longteng Maoyue responded on Bilibili. He suspects the ban was triggered by GitHub’s automated risk-control systems when he published an article on the platform refuting claims about alleged vulnerabilities and backdoors in PCL2. He mentioned receiving a "chat log of a report" (an accusation), though he could not confirm if it was linked to the ban. He believes it might just be a glitch on GitHub’s end; he has submitted a follow-up explanation, but GitHub has yet to respond—it’s unclear how long the wait might be…

'''28 October''' — It was confirmed that the latest version of the HMCL launcher has restored its download functionality.

As for how this situation will unfold, we—the ordinary players—have no way of knowing. All we can do is wait...

'''Hoping that PCL2’s download functionality is restored soon!!!'''

==Geography==

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 '''27 September''' — Because of "the use of alternate accounts" and other reasons, the supreme leader of the PRC, TimeSpace_ZONE, the mayor of Shanghai, LAOLING__, and several other PRC players were banned. Later the same day, the Chinese Empire moved its capital to Dalian and renamed it Fengtian.
+=== Extra: 10.20 PCL2 incident (2026.10.20 - present) ===
+'''20 October''' — The developer of the PCL2 launcher, known as "Longteng Maoyue" , suddenly released an update (version 2.99) that removed the functionality for downloading Minecraft versions and modpacks. On the video platform Bilibili, the developer posted a "crying" emoji, accompanied by a comment: "Note: This has nothing to do with NetEase or Microsoft/Mojang—'Chinese-style parenting' is truly something else, isn't it?" Shortly thereafter, screenshots surfaced from the official PCL2 QQ group, in which the developer explained that a child had spent money (reportedly 2,500 RMB) on a private server; the child's parents subsequently reported the server—and, by extension, the PCL2 launcher itself. Following this, the HMCL launcher also announced the removal of its download features, and ZalithLauncher2 followed suit in its latest version. Meanwhile, the FCL launcher updated its user agreement on GitHub, stating that download services would no longer be provided to users in mainland China.
+'''21 October''' — The official website for the FCL launcher became unable to provide downloads for its installation packages. On the same day, a Bilibili user named "Xiao Kun Ge" posted a video demonstrating a "backdoor" in the PCL2 launcher, along with a tutorial on how to exploit it.
+'''22 October''' — The developer announced on Bilibili that the PCL2 launcher had been hit by the largest-scale DDoS attack in its history. The attack involved 2.1 billion HTTPS requests—peaking at 154 million requests per minute—originating from over 10,000 distinct IPv4 addresses. The incident resulted in direct losses exceeding 6,000 RMB, 4,674 RMB of which the developer covered out of his own pocket. He also stated that he intended to report the matter to the police. (Subsequently, other individuals managed to uncover the identities of both the attacker and the parent who had filed the initial report.)
+'''25 October''' — Longteng Maoyue posted an update on Bilibili announcing that the PCL2 launcher had been updated to version 2.99.0.1. In the notice stating that "Minecraft download functionality is temporarily unavailable," the word "temporarily" was removed—it’s not coming back. Meanwhile, the FCL launcher released version 1.3.4.2, with a promise that "this version will not disable download functionality."
+'''26 October''' — Addressing rumors that his GitHub account had been banned, Longteng Maoyue responded on Bilibili. He suspects the ban was triggered by GitHub’s automated risk-control systems when he published an article on the platform refuting claims about alleged vulnerabilities and backdoors in PCL2. He mentioned receiving a "chat log of a report" (an accusation), though he could not confirm if it was linked to the ban. He believes it might just be a glitch on GitHub’s end; he has submitted a follow-up explanation, but GitHub has yet to respond—it’s unclear how long the wait might be…
+'''28 October''' — It was confirmed that the latest version of the HMCL launcher has restored its download functionality.
+As for how this situation will unfold, we—the ordinary players—have no way of knowing. All we can do is wait...
+'''Hoping that PCL2’s download functionality is restored soon!!!'''
 ==Geography==

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