Server History

Important

This list is by no means complete or contains the full history. It is a work in progress (WIP).

2017

  • December 2017

DEC 11 - Eternalll launches Black Ops 1 on PC and searches for a Der Riese Zombies game. As such, is brought into an empty lobby for several minutes. Having only been on Discord for 4 months, seeks out a Zombies community on the platform. Unable to find a community and disastisfied with the state of the older Zombies games, creates their own.

DEC 11 (5:42 PM) - "Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies" is created. Focusing on only the Black Ops 1 Zombies mode. Roles were handed out manually, there were only a few channels in total. However, member count was slow to start and steadily increased.

DEC 11 -

  • megataco101 becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

  • Call of Duty Zombies leaderboard established.

DEC 29 -

  • Welcoming bot added.

  • World at War LFG created.

2018

  • January 2018

JAN 05 - CtsFly becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

JAN 15 -

  • Self added roles implemented. The roles at this point are the DLC names.

  • There are no platform roles, it is PC priority with consoles being an afterthought.

  • Linkhan becomes a Moderator for Call of Duty Zombies (Retired)

  • Server renamed to “Call of Duty Zombies”.

JAN 17 - #zombies channel established as a general chat.

JAN 18 - Server reaches 100 members.

  • Febuary 2018

FEB 05 - Black Ops II (2) is added as a supported game, expanding the amount of channels and LFG potential. Sometime during this period, World at War profile creation is broken (for the first time).

FEB 08 - Dyno implemented in server for moderation purposes.

FEB 10 -

  • Server reaches 200 members.

  • Black Ops III (3) added to supported games.

  • Akkrona becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

FEB 25 - Server reaches 300 members.

  • March 2018

MAR 05 - Server reaches 400 members.

MAR 06 - Helper and Chat Mod system are established. Now known as Trial Mod and Moderator.

MAR 09 -

  • Black Ops 4 channel added to discuss the game before release.

  • Midori becomes main welcoming bot.

MAR 15 -

  • Zolo becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

  • Server reaches 500 members.

MAR 16 - Activision fixes World at War profile creation, allowing players to create profiles again and LFG for World at War.

MAR 29 - Jim becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies (Retired)

  • April 2018

APR 06 - Server reaches 750 members.

  • October 2018

OCT 12 - Black Ops 4 releases and is a disappointment among zombies fans. Effectively killing the server’s chance to grow massively.

OCT 27 - Server reaches 1000 members.

Note

While 1000 members is a milestone achievement. The server had serious issues with retention rates leading to only 215 members joining and staying throughout the rest of 2018.

2019

  • May 2019

MAY 05 - Eternalll burns out from Discord and Zombies. Individual LFG channels are nuked and only one #zombies channel remains for all LFGs. A hard stop to the growth of the server.

  • June 2019

JUN 29 - Server reaches 1500 members.

  • October 2019

OCT 22 -

  • Server reaches 2000 members.

  • LFG category and corresponding game channels are returned to the server.

  • #zombies general chat removed.

2020

  • February 2020

FEB 12 - Original 2017 leaderboards removed.

  • March 2020

MAR 18 - Server reaches 3000 members.

Note

The pandemic began worldwide and opened an opportunity for fans of the Zombies franchise to return to their beloved game. It was not, however, the pandemic itself that contributed to a renaissance of zombies and explosion of the server.

  • April 2020

APR 19 - Spoob becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

  • May 2020

MAY 18 - Server reaches 4000 members.

  • June 2020

JUN 13 - Server reaches 5000 members.

Note

Unfortunately this milestone was made due to spam bots. The bots were purged and the legitimate milestone was made a day later.

  • July 2020

JUL 07 - Colden becomes Moderator for Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

  • August 2020

AUG 09 - Server reaches 6000 members.

AUG 26 - Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is announced to include Zombies.

AUG 31 - 2FA enabled for moderators in preparation of becoming a Discovery-listed community server.

  • October 2020

OCT 18 - Server reaches 7000 members.

  • November 2020

NOV 13 - Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War releases.

NOV 17 - Server reaches 8000 members. Discord lowers Discovery requirements to servers with 7,500 members. Call of Duty Zombies lists on Server Discovery.

NOV 18 - trxppie becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

NOV 20 - Kio becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

NOV 23 - Server reaches 9000 members.

NOV 25 - Trimp becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

NOV 30 - Server reaches 10000 members.

  • December 2020

DEC 14 - #zombies-discussion is locked due to too many LFG requests inside it.

DEC 24 - On My Mind becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

2021

  • January 2021

JAN 23 -

  • Colden becomes Senior Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies

  • Devour becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies

  • February 2021

FEB 15 - First self-hosted Call of Duty Zombies bot brought onto server.

FEB 22 - Appeal server is established for those appealing permanent bans.

FEB 24 - #zombies-discussion returns after hiatus.

FEB 27 - Community Guide system is established. Bringing Staff and the active community closer together.

  • March 2021

MAR 03 - Dyno bot is removed after several years of service (downtime was too much). Replaced with Auttaja.

  • April 2021

APR 02 - On My Mind becomes Administrator in Call of Duty Zombies.

APR 07 - zombies trivia written and implemented. #trivia channel established.

APR 08 - #nsfw channel removed.

APR 19 - Tank Dempsey Bot implemented. All public utility bots removed (including Auttaja). All bots are brought in house and self-hosted.

APR 26 - New bot-assisted LFG system is implemented allowing for ease of finding matches.

APR 30 -

  • Trimp becomes Community Manager in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • trxppie becomes Senior Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • Devour becomes Senior Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • May 2021

MAY 01 - Warden System brought online.

  • June 2021

JUN 01 - Server reaches 15000 members.

JUN 27 - Chucky becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • July 2021

JUL 05 -

  • Plutonium becomes allowed in the server as long as a legal game copy is used.

  • Saladina becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies. (Retired)

JUL 09 - Salt becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • August 2021

AUG 01 - Server reaches 20000 members.

  • October 2021

OCT 07 - Oonaugh becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • November 2021

NOV 08 - Server reaches 25000 members.

NOV 30 -

  • Akkrona steps down to Moderator.

  • Devour becomes Community Manager in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • #memes channel is removed temporarily.

  • December 2021

DEC 10 - All forms of welcome announcing (via bot) are decommissioned.

DEC 11 - Partnership with Zombacus formed.

DEC 13 - Tank Dempsey bot becomes quarantined fighting off a massive several thousand member bot raid.

DEC 20 - Tank Dempsey decommissioned due to Discord’s non-response (still no response). Edward Richtofen assumes all roles in place.

DEC 25 - Oonaugh becomes Senior Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

2022

  • January 2022

JAN 07 - Ashryman becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

JAN 12 - XP system resets and new system is implemented.

JAN 20 - Richtofen Discord Bot moves to a larger host to handle increased member count.

JAN 21 - Zenith becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

JAN 22 - Deprecation of second server record leaderboard is announced.

  • February 2022

FEB 07 - Fenryr becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

FEB 10 - Server reaches 30000 members.

  • March 2022

MAR 20 -

  • #map-making channel established.

  • Rule 8 is established permanently barring any form of cheating or exploitation.

  • Plutonium rule hardened by double-checking ownership via bot.

  • URL filter implemented to prevent unwanted links.

MAR 27 - !topic command exits beta for #zombies-discussion

  • April 2022

APR 28 -

  • Oonaugh becomes Community Manager in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • Colden steps down to Moderator.

  • May 2022

MAY 01 -

  • Fenryr becomes Senior Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • Salt becomes Senior Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • Server reaches 35000 members.

MAY 09 -

  • #lfg-vanguard channel merged into the Cold War channel due to low activity.

  • Streams role changes into Sales to notify users of sales.

  • Supporter perks now properly tiered per amount contributed.

  • #adv-zombies-discussion is established for more serious conversations about Zombies.

  • June 2022

JUN 08 - Members must now have a platform role to LFG within the server.

JUN 13 -

  • Ashryman becomes Administrator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • Documentation (this site) is made for the server.

JUN 15 - Nick becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

JUN 21 - Northstar becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

JUN 26 - Maxerocks becomes Moderator in Call of Duty Zombies.

  • July 2022

JUN 04 - Server reaches 40000 members.