Third Queue Death (mar 11, 2021 – apr 3, 2021)

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The Third Queue Death was caused by the transition of queuefags onto the main server and the lifespan of players during the Hypergen Era. During the Hypergen Era, players were getting rich faster than ever. Players were also only working towards a plot because anything in the queue progression system after plots gave diminishing returns, reducing the players' motivations after buying a plot. Boone attempted to add new stages to the progression system to help motivate queuefags to fish past plots, but those attempts rendered unsuccessful due to functionality issues or an overall lack of value in the progression step. Rank trading also became mainstream, allowing players to buy ranks for queue nuggets. This allowed players to bypass the queue more easily without having to pay real life money. Market competition for enchanted books continued to increase as more players got plots. This lead to a smaller proportion of players selling books leading to diminished player interaction throughout the community. The competitive nature in the enchanted book market also resonated in the badminned item market as players began to competitively trade for profit. This lead players who did not want a competitive market to become disillusioned of the queue economy and the culture surrounding it. The Third Queue Death ended after the April Fools Event when the server was down. Queue was not functional for the rest of April Fools after the server came back up. This caused players who had taken a break from queue to rejoin reviving queue again.

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