Here's a good timelapse video:
1. Noobs spawn in a great forest with nothing but their hearthfires and the clothes on their back.
2. Noobs completely deforest the area. It can be seen both visually and via the minimap.
3. From the lumber cabins are built, walls are constructed. A village is born.
4. Noobs hunt. Noobs gather. The beginning of a hunter/gatherer civilization.
5. The noobs discover metal. Tools are made. Weapons are made. The beginning of industry.
6. Cabins are replaced with houses. Houses are replaced with mansions. The village is thriving.
7. The noobs become greedy. They raid settlements and villages smaller than them. They become a power all their own. The beginning of the end.
8. The repercussions of their actions come back to them and they are besieged by a great kingdom. Some of the noobs stand their ground and fight, others flee into the wilderness only to be hunted down and slaughtered.
9. Ragequit threads.
10. The cycle begins anew.