Invictus Group

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The Invictus Group was an organization of players spawned by the TheCampingRusher's video series, It grew to include several individuals who would later achieve fame and/or notoriety individually, as a part of the Invictus Group, or, later, Block Game Mecca.

History[edit | edit source]

Formation[edit | edit source]

Hands down, the biggest factor towards the formation of the Invictus group, is TheCampingRusher's video series. While essentially all had a rather low opinion of the videos, the videos nonetheless drew all of the members of the group to the server. The group was originally founded by Vertrix and a player called "Russian". They decided to create a base, which they called Invictus. As was common in those days amongst newfags, they knew nothing about each other, but decided to trust each other anyway; it would prove a productive recruitment policy. As it turned out, both Vertrix and Russian had professional building experience. This in mind, they decided they would try to recruit only talented, like-minded players.

Invictus I[edit | edit source]

Upon reaching Invictus I, Vertrix and Russian began recruitment, the first players recruited left quickly and were forgotten. Some of the first players to stay were named Fogel_2 and Screams. Russian disappeared from the server, so Fogel_2 took over his role as co-leader. The base began to take shape. Screams and Vertrix would run into Slappnbadkids independently of eachother, and would invite and vouch for him, respectively. Slappnbadkids would then invite Juicybear, b3astplay3r, TechReadyGamer, TaurusBabe, chairman_112, PhantomSB, and GetDroppedKids rounded out the group. GetDroppedKids invited Donster to the base without telling any of the other members. Donster began sending messages to Vertrix, using the account JaredIsKing, describing things about the base that only someone who'd seen it would know. The members were all paranoid people, so they destroyed the base, kicked GetDroppedKids, and moved to a new location. In all, the base lasted under a month.

Invictus II[edit | edit source]

Invictus II, in a mildly griefed world download, b3astslay3r's arena in the foreground, some of Vertrix's houses in the background

The leadership in the group shifted following the move, at the helm was now the trinity of Vertrix, Slappnbadkids, and b3stplay3r. The group began to work on Invictus II (sometimes called Autismbot's 1Mil Base), and the base was progressing steadily. Drathader, Sophrosyne, and Joey_Coconut were invited around this time. Slappnbadkids was experimenting with the BedTP exploit, when he accidentally discovered La Rosa, a large base started in the beginning of 2016. The group moved to raid the base, carrying off a load of riches. Joey_Coconut passed by the raid group while they were bringing the riches back to the base, hiding from them, not realizing they were his basemates since he only knew Slappnbadkids. A book was found claiming the base was abandoned so they decided only to rob the base and not grief it. As it turned out, C4RTM4N still lived there and was unhappy about all his possessions being stolen. He made this known, alerting the Invictus group to the fact that La Rosa was very much not uninhabited. As a result, Slappnbadkids decided to grief the base for the name recognition and notoriety. Chairman_112 achieved a fame of sorts by insiding NedaT's faction, Team Aurora. In light of this, NedaT was invited to Invictus II to do a base tour[1] and to 1 v 1 chairman_112[2], following the leak of the base by a new member, PhantomOf2b2t. Mines also did a tour.[3] The base lasted until late September 2016. As the base was only leaked and not raided, the group moved to save the items. The issue was no one knew who leaked the base immediately, so about half of the group consisting of Slappnbadkids, Vertrix, b3astslay3r, Drathader, Sophrosyne, and Joey_Coconut took all the items and stashed them several thousand blocks away for safekeeping. Once it was determined that PhantomOf2b2t was the leaker, what was left of the group reassembled, and determined it was time to move. Many members of the group departed from the server.

Obliviscaris[edit | edit source]

A picture of Obliviscaris, post-grief

Obliviscaris did not last long, Slappnbadkids' association with the 4th Reich and his dislike of NedaT caused TechReadyGamer to leak the base after only a few weeks. He then quit the server. Several players joined the group right before the grief, and left again as a result.

The breaking of the fellowship[edit | edit source]

The grief of Obliviscaris was demoralizing to the Invictus Group as a whole, much of the wealth was lost, and a core member from very early in the group had betrayed them out of spite. This would be the end of the Invictus Group as an organization. Several members quit the server, several more took a break, a few decided to go out on their own, and the rest were invited to C4RTM4N's 2b2t Creative Mode Project. It is worth noting that all of the members of the Invictus Group that remained on the server eventually would end up at Block Game Mecca.

Cast (In order of appearance)[edit | edit source]

• Vertrix
• Russian
• Fogel_2
• Screams
• Slappnbadkids
• JuicyBear
• b3astplay3r
• TechReadyGamer
• TaurusBabe
• chairman_112
• PhantomSB
• GetDroppedKids
• Drathader
• Sophrosyne
• Joey_Coconut

Others who have been forgotten