Message of the Day

The Message of the Day or MOTD is a small sentence shown on the server selection screen of Minecraft. EarthMC cycles through a range of MOTDs randomly, refreshing the server selection screen will show a new one.

Current MOTDs

List of current MOTDs

MOTD	Meaning
A free lunch	Possibly a reference to the saying "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
A Geopolitical Sandbox	This line has been used in promotional material for EarthMC such as videos and server browsing sites for many years.
A number 9 large	A reference to this famous quote from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Backed up hourly	Fix has very good data redundancy practises.
Bogleheads	Some investing guide?
Direct Connection	You would not be able to see this or any of the MOTDs if you were using the direct connection option in the server selection screen.
Double click	Presumably telling the viewer to double click EarthMC in the server list to join.
Earth hour (every hour)	Earth hour is an event where people are encouraged to turn off all non-essential electronics. Since EarthMC is running an Earth map it is always Earth hour.
eff.org	A non-profit that promotes digital rights.
Flat?	A joke about flat earthers, possibly is meant from the perspective of a flat earther having their interest piqued by learning that EarthMC is flat.
Ft. David Attenborough	Possibly a reference to the famous documentary "Planet Earth" that is narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Attenborough's name was previously misspelled as "Attenborugh".
Gold rush!	Gold is used as the currency on EarthMC, this MOTD is likely a reference to the real life phenomenon of a gold rush and how valuable gold is on EarthMC.
Have you ever had a dream	Presumably a reference to this famous video.
Hejsan	The Swedish equivalent of "Hello".
If I say so myself, and I say so	"If I say so myself" is a common term to praise your own work, presumably it is being said here to praise the quality of EarthMC.
ISO 8601 only	Fix has stated that he is "going to enforce iso8601 on emc" in the past.
Now on 1.19.4!	EarthMC supports 1.19.4.
One small step for mankind	Presumably this is a "small step" for mankind as opposed to a "giant leap" in the original quote by Neil Armstrong as EarthMC only causes society to regress.
Over 1000 years combined playtime	This is the total playtime of all EarthMC players on EarthMC.
Pale blue dot	Pale Blue Dot is a famous photograph of Earth taken by Voyager 1 from over 6 billion kilometres away.
play.artmc.net	A nod to Fix's other server artmc.net.
Runs on Linux	EarthMC is hosted using the operating system Linux.
Since 2016	EarthMC was first created in 2016.
Sponsored by destiny	Looks like a reference to the song Sponsored By Destiny by Swedish group Slagsmålsklubben. The word "sponsored" was previously misspelled as "sonsored".
The original	Presumably a reference to EarthMC being the first of it's kind.
To the tunes of Pink Floyd	Presumably Fix or another admin/dev is a fan of Pink Floyd.
Touch a grass block	Minecraft version of the ancient proverb "touch grass".
Vanilla smp	EarthMC is not a vanilla SMP, it is running many plugins that drastically alter gameplay.
Visit wiki.earthmc.net	A reference to this very wiki!
Windows XP startup sound	A reference to the famous sound.
#1 Pastime in Turkey	A large amount of EarthMC's players are Turkish.

Retired MOTDs

List of retired MOTDs

MOTD	Meaning
earthchan.org	An EarthMC imageboard that Fix formerly ran.
Now on 1.19.3!	Was present when EarthMC was on 1.19.3.