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'''Florida''' was a major base founded by [[FangAlien]], [[tallfr1end]] and [[zweiton]] on October 5, 2020. This base was initially meant to be a small spawn outpost and thus, was built incredibly close to spawn and to the highway. Despite this, the base stood for nearly nine months and eventually evolved to become large enough to host nearly 25 members at its height.

{{Base|basename=Florida|image=Floridacathedralandpillars.png|foundedon=October 5, 2020|foundedby=FangAlien, tallfr1end, zweiton|griefedby=Unknown|status=Griefed|group=Florida|members=FangAlien, tallfr1end, zweiton, DR. DRE, Crazy, CyFi, DotingWinner14, [[FraazT0]], King_Wulfang, Thurloyd, Bluebery, Lambadger, RiverPopcorn994, Motugs, DeadlySloth72, Sea Pickle, [[Supreme2]], FloridaSS, Emil07, Nuk5, Mallyx, Old Chum, StazMaster, ImBarelyIllegal|majorbuilds=Tall's Cathedral, Mapart Gallery, Zweiton's Tower, The Void, Tall's Pillars|caption=Tall's Cathedral and Pillars|griefedon=May 28, 2021}}

[[Florida]] began as a spawn outpost between [[tallfr1end]] and [[FangAlien]]. The idea of turning it into a full-fledged base was conceived when [[FangAlien]] met [[zweiton]] in the [[9b9t Pooblic Discord]] and the two made a plan to trade illegal items on the server. The two realized, however, that they both were at the same stash and thus, had the same illegals. After this realization, a conversation regarding starting a base took place, during which [[FangAlien]] revealed to [[zweiton]] that he already had a spot mapped out near spawn with another player, [[tallfr1end]]. The outpost was called TallFang at this time, but with the addition of a third member, it was felt that a name change was in order.

[[tallfr1end]]'s earliest base on the server, The Kingdom of Florida, had been made with a few of his friends,: [[RiverPopcorn994]], [[Motugs]] and [[FloridaSS]] called The Kingdom of Florida. From this, the name [[Florida]] was born.

[[File:Old chum 5ya winner.png|thumb|''Old Chum's 5YA Winningwinning Mapartmapart''|389x389px]]

In observance of 9b9t's 5 year anniversary, there was a server-wide mapart competition held. Florida was chosen to be the location for the display and judgement of these maparts, which culminated the multiple-weeks long project of building a suitable "museum" for the display of the maps. This project was undertaken largely by [[FangAlien]] and [[DotingWinner14]]. The server's owner [[jj20051]] visited the base during this time in order to document it. The overall winner of the competition was [[Old Chum]].

It was never planned that [[Florida]] would become such a large and active base, so in the initial phases of the base's lifetime, its location being so close to spawn was not seen as a major issue. However, as the base evolved and grew, it became clear that it would only be a matter of time before it was founddiscovered and griefed.

These worries culminated when on XXXMay XX28, 2021, when one of the base members logged on to find that the based had been bombed out with TNT. There were multiple signs left with IGNs and dates reading two days before the grief. There has been a great deal of speculation regarding who griefed the base, but no players have ever come forward and claimed the act, nor has any conclusion been reached regarding a probabledefinite culprit.