Phase III

Phase III is the third phase that the Vortex Coalition went through. It lasted for 7 months (from June 2017 to January 2018). The group lost quite a bit of members due to a decline in popularity of 2b2t and a purge of inactive members.

Pre-Phase III
On June 2nd, 2017, The Vortex Coalition ended its second Off-Season and began recruiting new members. With 2b2t falling into decline, The Vortex Coalition thought it would likely never reach the levels of activity it had during the Rusher Invasion. Despite the decline in 2b2t popularity, their discord server remained one of the most populated 2b2t related servers with over 330 members (Phase III numbers, purged of inactive members regularly).

Salamander, Joe (previously known as Ovnel), CyanLime, and househousehouse1 remained as the executive members.

Phase III
During Phase III, The Vortex Coalition built 11 separate group bases, two of which are major bases sprawling across thousands of blocks. One being a large above-ground city, another being a large underground cave housing a Dwarven fortress. They have also renovated their 420/911 Spawnbase for 2017, although it has already been griefed heavily.

Me_IRLCraft
On September 28th, 2017, The Vortex Coalition expanded onto the Me_IRLCraft server as a side project/recruitment scheme outside of 2b2t. This expansion proved wildly successful, with The Vortex Coalition receiving over 50 applications from the player base, as well as completely dominating all other forces on the server. Me_IRLCraft closed down on November 22nd, 2017.

Status
The Vortex Coalition continued to be the largest and oldest active group on 2b2t, with over 110 active members as of January 21st, 2018. Back then, VoCo had been heavily investing in spawn operations, such as public infrastructure, spawn bases, and public builds. They were also actively working on a streamlined currency system for VoCo called VoCoin™, which is now used in VoCo and SIG.

End of Phase III
On January 30th, 2018, Coltsnid announced that Phase III of VoCo was coming to a close. In this statement, it was also announced that all VoCo staff members, including Executives and Trinity members, would be fired, and a new staff will be chosen during the Off-Season and at the beginning of Phase IV. The position of discord Moderator is currently the only staff position, which anyone can apply for.

"This was the most streamlined phase VoCo has ever had, and it yielded great success, not only for our Coalition, but for 2b2t as a whole. ...It has been an honor working with you all throughout the past 7 months to take The Vortex Coalition to new heights, never seen before by any 2b2t group. Our reach is nearly endless when we work together. Our dominance on 2b2t is so unbreakable even I couldn't truly end VoCo, and that means something. I will see you all in Phase IV!" - Coltsnid, Phase III closure announcement