Fall of 1.7.3 Beta SMP

Previously...
Throughout the history of the SMP, there had always been a few "extra guests" who weren't properly affiliated with Acheron Gaming, such as the guests on the Capture the Flag or the Freebuild. They came via the Forums, most likely after getting a link from the Freebuild. There had always been minor thievery, but nothing like this.

Beginning
According to local sources, MeisKate had her house broken into more than once. She put up minor defenses, but to no use. Kelliex and Loco_Asian were both robbed, although Loco had safeguards that prevented his theft.

Soon thereafter, it appeared there was more than one thief stealing, although a prominent one most likely turned out to be mdmoney26. Other buildings began to be robbed and burned, like FlyingPhantom's castle, EarthB's and x_creeper's houses burning, Jediethanc's house and castle raids, and multiple minor robberies across the village. Some people, like Jediethanc and Camermanny1 moved out to small country houses, to no avail. Pokemon502, Woodcake, and several other members also moved across the Glowstone Bridge to Cobble Village, yet the grief followed. The huge dam protecting the area was also let go, flooding most of the buildings as a final act of attack.

The Ops became wary as more and more places were attacked, even remote houses like Hammyster's, whose house was built into a mountain. (It was later presumed that the attacker got in via a nether portal.)

End
Around mid-September, the release of Beta 1.8 was approaching and the admins decided something needed to be done to save the server. Something was done - the total reset of the map. Although tons of valuable resources were gone, the server was temporarily saved. This single event flung the entire server into catastrophe for around 4 months.