Phase I

Phase I was the first Phase the Vortex Coalition went through. It lasted for 8 months (from May 2015 to January 2015). VoCo was a relatively small group at the time, but pretty big for 2015 considering 2b2t had a small playerbase.

Pre-Phase I
Before creating the Vortex Coalition, Coltsnid, VoCo's Supreme Leader, joined 2b2t on August 14th 2014. He mainly explored the spawn area during his first few months, walking around until his hunger bar depleted, dying, and exploring more. Colts would sometimes invite friends to play on the server with him.

In December 2014, AmericanOreo, an IRL friend of Colts for 7 years, first joined 2b2t. The two decided to walk through the nether to 100,000 blocks out from spawn (overworld) and founded a small base which they would work on every once in a while. This base would later become the Phase I VoCo Headquarters.

Phase I
Everything changed when the 3rd Incursion began on 2b2t during May 2015. Sato86 and the rest of Valkyria had amassed their members at spawn. However, this was unknown to Coltsnid and AmericanOreo, who still didn't know what an Incursion was.

Colts and Oreo were coming back from Spawn to their base, when they encountered a player in the nether named FuzzyFutureFox. At first, the two befriended the player, however, Oreo decided to push the limits of true anarchy, and turned on the player, killing him for his items.

As fate would have it, FuzzyFutureFox was a participant in the 3rd Incursion, as Colts and Oreo quickly found out through an angry chat praising Valkyria and the Incursion.

Within 15 minutes, much to the disbelief of Colts and Oreo, Sato86 comes running down the nether highway in full god-gear, and after a quick fight, the ill-prepared new players were easily killed.

This chain of events is what inspired Coltsnid to create a group that would mock, meme, and satirize Valkyria, to take revenge against Sato86.

The Vortex Coalition was then founded by Coltsnid and AmericanOreo in late May of 2015. A logo was designed by Colts which resembles the spiral of a vortex. Efforts to harass Valkyria began with VoCo's infamous "Did you know?" Spam Bot.

The VoCo Spam Bot, which originally ran on the accounts InvisibleGecko18 and DeadlyMause, would frequently post satirical, over-the-top messages that were designed to annoy Sato86 and other members of Valkyria.

The bot would post messages such as ">Did you know? The Vortex Coalition is currently occupying and renovating Spawn." and ">Did you know? The Vortex Coalition single-handedly carved out all of the Nether highways." These messages are the source of all 2b2t "Did you know?" memes.

The VoCo/Sato86 rivalry is one of the oldest on the server and has become a meme to many. The nickname "VoCo" came to exist through constant arguments in the 2b2t chat about the group, with the term being coined by someone saying very negative things.

As it turned out, the VoCo Spam Bot was not only good at annoying and mocking Valkyria, but also advertising The Vortex Coalition. Over the next couple of months, VoCo rose in membership, peaking at times around 25 members.

This was actually quite sizable for a group in 2015, as 2b2t only had an average of about 40 active players around this time in 2015. As such, VoCo still represented a relatively large percentage of the 2b2t player base due to it's easy to join and lenient nature during the late half of 2015.