One of many greatest and most beloved Minecraft servers is again from the lifeless. Mineplex, dwelling to many Minecraft gamers since 2013, has been resurrected by an Overwatch streamer and former professional participant simply weeks after the sudden announcement of its shutdown. Crammed with Minecraft multiplayer maps and customized minigames, Mineplex had beforehand received a Guinness World Report for probably the most concurrent gamers on a single server within the sandbox sport, however had since been eclipsed by different choices and noticed its playerbase decline slowly earlier than all of the sudden shutting down.
On Could 16, it was introduced that Mineplex had shut down for good. Regardless of falling off from the heights of its earlier years, the server nonetheless commonly served 1000’s of gamers with all method of minigames, Minecraft parkour programs, and modded multiplayer matchups, leaving many heartbroken by the information.
That’s all modified now, because of Sam ‘Samito’ Dawahare. “As of right now I’ve acquired 100% of Mineplex and am totally dedicated to bringing the eagerness that modified the lives of tens of thousands and thousands of gamers world wide,” the previous Overwatch professional and rank one participant pronounces on Twitter. He later shares a video thanking followers for his or her optimistic reception to the information, however says, “We’ve obtained nothing to rejoice but, our important focus is to EXECUTE. We really feel the love although so thanks.”
Samito’s no stranger to Mineplex – certainly, earlier than he grew to become ‘SamitoFPS,’ his profession as a YouTuber and Twitch streamer started because of Minecraft, and his authentic YouTube channel ‘SamitoD’ exploded in recognition alongside that of the Mineplex server that he typically performed on. He even grew to become an admin of the server for some time, earlier than finally transitioning to Overwatch not lengthy after the FPS sport’s launch.
For these of you fearful that this would possibly imply he’s abandoning Blizzard’s shooter in favor of his outdated love, Samito reassures, “I’m not quitting Overwatch guys, I’m simply increasing what I wanna do with my life. I nonetheless wanna see OW succeed and the sport is at all times gonna be very particular to me, however I nonetheless wanna chase my dream and what I wanna do long-term with my life and that’s to present nice video games to the following era like I used to be given.”
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