There was the reset about a year ago, which then started the current world the server uses today. You also have the more major Stranger's Company-Team Eye war, but that's mostly subsided, as far as I know.
You would have to ask someone else about things further back than that.

I wonder what would happen in the extremely in unlikely case of a tie

There's been rumors going around with this month's minecon and screenshots something possibly having to do with new mobs and the livestream. Here's a video I found that might bring light to this idea?

You can have an alt on at the same time, you just need to have two separate launchers used to have the game running. I do it all the time with my alt.

Since pumpkin wearing mobs have started spawning, I was wondering what time specifically they stop spawning with pumpkins, since it's still the 30th for me. Can someone shed light upon this question?

don't you mean one hour and twenty minutes?

I originally started playing the game around the end of 1.7 and right before 1.8 was the current version (Around the End of 2013. I had heard about it from friends, and seen some videos about the game. I have enjoyed this game a lot for its relatively simplistic, but also complex nature. Only over the past year have I started playing in multiplayer, since the singleplayer experience lost most of the magic it once did. I've now learned that multiplayer and singleplayer are drastically different, and I love the unique experience the latter brings to the table, being able to play the game in a whole new light than a good portion of those who stick to purely singleplayer. And also the fact you can share ideas and strategies with other players to better the experience also adds another layer of depth to the equation. Another reason why I decided to stick around was a square box I discovered a month into playing the game in creative underground with a bed and a chest with all the music discs. which fit into one of those "urban legends" of the game. Alas that world is long gone, but it left me looking for a better explanation of what happened in that world then, and seeing what else lays in store to bring answers to something like it.

shove it up your ego for once, and maybe not butt your head into every last conversation if you have nothing that actually adds something to the subject. Also some staff member lock this conversation since I've got my sword now.

It's not for pvp. Not everything has to be about pvp.

I am interested in buying a diamond sword with sharpness V, unbreaking III, looting III, knockback II, fire aspect II, and mending. I also need it to be able to be renamed if possible.