Brazilian Wipe Genocide
The Big Wipe Genocide is a term used by Brazilian players do designate the time when the server updated to 1.16 version.
Around February 5th-10th, the server experienced a change when Fix updated EarthMC to version 1.16. During that time, only premium players could join. When it happened, a big wipe of mobs happened in the nation of Brazil for unknown reasons. Some players say it also happened in other nations, but Brazil was by far one of the mostly affected.
The Brazilian economy by that time was based on turtle eggs, horses, feathers, eggs, leather, wool, and other animal-based products that were sold internally or to other nations that were willing to buy; even if the exportation of glass and wood was considered, the main products sold were animal-based.
During the Big Wipe Genocide, many towns experienced large economic loss, including Mehinaku, Sao_Paulo, Osaka, Vatican, France, DisneyLand, Campinas, Bacurau and Belem (in order of amount of mobs lost). For example, Mehinaku used to keep a cow pen with more than 100 cows underground, producing large amounts of leather daily and feeding the international market, using the gold for its internal development projects. Similarly, Sao Paulo's sheep produced wool, which benefited the economy of the town. The economy had to be re-designed due to the event in order to keep up its economic activity rate, but the Wipe Genocide had still a big impact in the nations' economies.
The effects of the Genocide were not only in the economic aspect. In fact, it also affected the cultural aspect: for example, in the city of Campinas, a player named Marechall used to keep a Chicken named Galinácea, showing a lot of affection and being really close to his pet. During the Genocide, Galinácea was one of the victims of the unfair and unprecedented mass killing. This resulted in political and cultural changes in Brazil.
The town of Campinas erected statues in honor of Galinácea and to remember those who were lost in the Genocide, and later the town of Vitoria also did the same. Marechall entered the Brazilian Senate and, during his term, proposed changes to the political system. This event had one of the most significant cultural impacts on EMC Brazil.