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
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| A free lunch
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Possibly a reference to the saying "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
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| A Geopolitical Sandbox
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This line has been used in promotional material for EarthMC such as videos and server browsing sites for many years.
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| A number 9 large
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A reference to this famous quote from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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| Backed up hourly
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Fix has very good data redundancy practises.
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| Bogleheads
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Some investing guide?
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| Direct Connection
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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.
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| Double click
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Presumably telling the viewer to double click EarthMC in the server list to join.
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| Earth hour (every hour)
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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.
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| eff.org
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A non-profit that promotes digital rights.
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| Flat?
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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.
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| Ft. David Attenborough
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Possibly a reference to the famous documentary "Planet Earth" that is narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Attenborough's name was previously misspelled as "Attenborugh".
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| Gold rush!
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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.
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| Have you ever had a dream
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Presumably a reference to this famous video.
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| Hejsan
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The Swedish equivalent of "Hello".
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| If I say so myself, and I say so
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"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.
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| ISO 8601 only
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Fix has stated that he is "going to enforce iso8601 on emc" in the past.
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| Now on 1.19.4!
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EarthMC supports 1.19.4.
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| One small step for mankind
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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.
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| Over 1000 years combined playtime
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This is the total playtime of all EarthMC players on EarthMC.
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| Pale blue dot
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Pale Blue Dot is a famous photograph of Earth taken by Voyager 1 from over 6 billion kilometres away.
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| play.artmc.net
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A nod to Fix's other server artmc.net.
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| Runs on Linux
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EarthMC is hosted using the operating system Linux.
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| Since 2016
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EarthMC was first created in 2016.
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| Sponsored by destiny
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Looks like a reference to the song Sponsored By Destiny by Swedish group Slagsmålsklubben. The word "sponsored" was previously misspelled as "sonsored".
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| The original
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Presumably a reference to EarthMC being the first of it's kind.
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| To the tunes of Pink Floyd
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Presumably Fix or another admin/dev is a fan of Pink Floyd.
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| Touch a grass block
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Minecraft version of the ancient proverb "touch grass".
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| Vanilla smp
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EarthMC is not a vanilla SMP, it is running many plugins that drastically alter gameplay.
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| Visit wiki.earthmc.net
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A reference to this very wiki!
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| Windows XP startup sound
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A reference to the famous sound.
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| #1 Pastime in Turkey
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A large amount of EarthMC's players are Turkish.
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Retired MOTDs
List of retired MOTDs
| MOTD |
Meaning
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| earthchan.org
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An EarthMC imageboard that Fix formerly ran.
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| Now on 1.19.3!
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Was present when EarthMC was on 1.19.3.
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