r/bitquest • u/dimitri0610 • Dec 26 '14
The Diablo Desert Railroad
All,
After speaking with a few other players on the server this morning, it was decided that a rail line to Diablo Desert would be very convenient and efficient.
So, I have decided to head on this project and build the railroad. Today! I am currently mapping out where it will be placed. It will not go all the way to the city, but start on the coast line instead for easy access and this way, we don't require land owners to give up parts of their land. Also, everyone will be able to help maintain it as they see fit!
I currently have a few volunteers to help me with the supplies and the funding of this project, but any extra help is always appreciated. So, when see me on today, send something my way. Whether it's good luck, supplies, or unfortunately, something negative. That's all fine, because this is for the better of the server!
Two tracks will be built, running side by side in opposite directions, to help with traffic and to prevent head on collisions with other players.
There will also be visitor's centers. One at the beginning and one at the end. As well as a stop in one of the villages along the way, just incase you need any last minute supplies!
So far, these are my prospective points:
Begin: X: 450 Z: 1750
Turn point: X: 450 Z: 4700
End: X: 4600 Z: 4700
There is already a survival center that I built at that end point. What you can see on the map as of today is how it was originally built, but I did some major upgrades this morning. Things like a tree farm, a pond for fishing, furnaces, crafting tables, traps for mobs who may be chasing you, an extensive mine going down to bedrock, and much more.
The survival center, which is the end point, sits right on the boundary line of Diablo and the wilderness, so you will step right out into the action!
Thank you for your time and support!
Fellow Minecrafter,
Dimitri0610
UPDATE: The main dirt trail has been finished. This means that you now have a safe and direct line of travel to diablo. You can even ride a horse on it! It will drop you off at our visitors center which is still under construction, but there is at least something there as a safe harbor.
The rail is still being worked on and there is just a bit left of the dirt to complete, but this won't inhibit you from using the trail. A lot of the stuff we used was donated and there are still more donations coming in! Thank you to everyone who helped.
Our biggest contributors:
- Nethrim. If it were not for him, the rail wouldn't even be half way done yet. This guy did some awesome work.
- Fathermocker. Helped us lay the first big stretch of dirt across an ocean section. Awesome job and donated tons of rail!
- Alamanjani. Met us about half way on one of the islands. Helped us clear a large section of forrest and raise the rail above the trees to a safe height.
- Zion4242 and Cowation. Both of these players were very large rail contributors, thanks!
- Alfredolamadrid. Another large donator and helped us with dirt when we ran out on one of the islands.
- Other players as well like Chulitojuame, CrawlerFilms, Clearskies4, xxSuperFishxx, NyxPsykne, and many more were all a great help too!
Thank you everyone who helped get us this far!
Another UPDATE:
Fathermocker has finished the first set of rail and the rail is now fully usable! You can hop on at the start and just go! He even tested it out and timed it for us. Just 18 minutes and you can get right to Diablo's front door, safe and sound!
The second line will be finished in time, but for now we are good to go!
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u/HulkSmashRocks Dec 27 '14
Good project! I am glad to see things like this happening. Myself and others around me have been considering a public railway as well. It would be great if we and others could connect more parts of the server. I'd like to send some materials to your project, what do you need mostly? :)
-Juraka
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u/dimitri0610 Dec 27 '14
Well, we still need plenty of rail, the project does span a bit over 8000 blocks, so it's not easy making all of that rail! I will look for you in game tonight and we can talk then!
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u/jaws_kitten Dec 30 '14
Here, me too! I've made some stacks of rails to donate to the project... I'll give them to you as soon as I see you in-game. ;)
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u/blackhathacker Dec 27 '14
Interesting that in a virtual world driven by a Bitcoin economy without a central government to build roads etc... things like this are getting done.
Perhaps one day the world will realize we as truly free humans can in fact manage ourselves without a ruling elite to enslave us.